I am very busy with meetings and discussions and training. It has left me with little time to manage the work being done or to do it myself. At this time I believe it is doing it right because I'm laying out a path for less overall work to be done. So many challenges and expectations I would rather not solve at the end of the chain.
Testing is the last line of defense, it is also the first and easiest to add new steps or requirements to.
I've been doing much better with my colleagues, it is the management I'm struggling with. And yes people are hard.
I am not trying to harp "It has left me with little time to manage the work being done or to do it myself". You ARE doing the work too, your work has just changed its form. My desire to also "do the work" got a team of mine in trouble bc I was trying to do the work that wasn't management. I got it done and it worked and was all well and good, except that I wasn't doing enough of that 'non work' called management, and the team suffered. That is also why I harp on the idea that management is not 'the work', its hard to adjust the brain. I srtuggle to remember it. I know it personalty bc i generally leave a place due to poor/bad management, not the quality of the technical expertise and execution, yet i still have to keep my brain from falling back to teh "real work" argument
Test Driven Development would probably argue it is the first line of defense not the last :) You know testing so identifying areas where you can direct that to be better is a good start to feel out your own abilities. For the areas you are not as proficient, ask the people you manage (do it even in areas you are proficient too).
"how do I create a system or process that facilitates good architecture which make managing changes easier." - Ask your team. as a manager you can set some objectives I assume, make this one of them. Your job is not to know everything and be better than all the people you manage at the stuff they do, your job is to manage them and the process to meet the business objectives, etc.
On Meetings, always always always ask for an agenda, and what is the desired outcome of a meeting. Even if it is to your boss. If you are going to hold a meeting, make sure you have an agenda and a goal for it. Respect your coworkers time. There are far too many people who have power who hold meetings for the sake of executing their power by using peoples time in a meeting.
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I am very busy with meetings and discussions and training. It has left me with little time to manage the work being done or to do it myself. At this time I believe it is doing it right because I'm laying out a path for less overall work to be done. So many challenges and expectations I would rather not solve at the end of the chain.
Testing is the last line of defense, it is also the first and easiest to add new steps or requirements to.
I've been doing much better with my colleagues, it is the management I'm struggling with. And yes people are hard.
I am not trying to harp "It has left me with little time to manage the work being done or to do it myself". You ARE doing the work too, your work has just changed its form. My desire to also "do the work" got a team of mine in trouble bc I was trying to do the work that wasn't management. I got it done and it worked and was all well and good, except that I wasn't doing enough of that 'non work' called management, and the team suffered. That is also why I harp on the idea that management is not 'the work', its hard to adjust the brain. I srtuggle to remember it. I know it personalty bc i generally leave a place due to poor/bad management, not the quality of the technical expertise and execution, yet i still have to keep my brain from falling back to teh "real work" argument
Test Driven Development would probably argue it is the first line of defense not the last :) You know testing so identifying areas where you can direct that to be better is a good start to feel out your own abilities. For the areas you are not as proficient, ask the people you manage (do it even in areas you are proficient too).
"how do I create a system or process that facilitates good architecture which make managing changes easier." - Ask your team. as a manager you can set some objectives I assume, make this one of them. Your job is not to know everything and be better than all the people you manage at the stuff they do, your job is to manage them and the process to meet the business objectives, etc.
On Meetings, always always always ask for an agenda, and what is the desired outcome of a meeting. Even if it is to your boss. If you are going to hold a meeting, make sure you have an agenda and a goal for it. Respect your coworkers time. There are far too many people who have power who hold meetings for the sake of executing their power by using peoples time in a meeting.