From long time sw developers are used to discuss, analyze and try to avoid
technical debt.
Are managers and sw project managers discussing about Management Debt as well ?
I annotate some form of Management Debt here:
- multitasking (*)
- lack of decision-making
- decision-making before the last responsible moment
- ignoring available data and info
- ignore feedback from real users or co-workers
- procrastinating release in production
- using metrics to control others people work (#)
- using metrics to manage others (instead of inspiring yourself) (#)
- reward activity over production of real value
- inability to delegate, empower or trust properly
- retaining valuable information and share false information (lack of transparency)
- inability to accept that time and resources are limited and to prioritize
- create write-once, read-never schedules, (*)
- weave a fairy tale of a Gantt chart, and invite other people to believe the schedule (*)
- hierarchies and bureaucracy
- micro-managing
(*) from
Johanna Rothman
(#) from
Tom DeMarco
If you come up with more examples on , just let me know !