Underlying Causes
The single biggest reason that management resists professional development techniques is because management doesn’t understand them. That might sound harsh, but it isn’t. It’s not their bailiwick. Even if they were promoted from the ranks of developer, if they aren’t doing development anymore, they may wonder why you need this thing that they never needed to do their job. If they still develop while managing, then they are almost definitely Time Crunched (see Chapter 9, The Time Crunched) and will probably be closed to your technique on that basis.
Now in fairness to them, you are part of the problem. You see, developers have developer problems. You are used to talking about your tool as a solution to a developer problem. ...
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