Managing Growth
Once people in an organization jump out of their collective rut and start trying to grow software, managers still have a job to do. A manager is part of his team, but he has extra day-to-day responsibilities. Each manager has to
Be glue
Filter interruptions
Set the pace
Managers are glue in an organization. Not everybody is growing the same software at the same time, which is good. Suppose Team A over here is growing some software. Team B over there is growing some, too. Both teams are concentrating on what they need to get done for the next iteration's worth of work. Each team's manager has to look around at other teams. Manager B might see that Team A is working on something similar, or knows a technique his team might benefit ...
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