Thijs Putman

…e (as in, the type of infrastructure you’d bet your company on) involves a thousand little details. The vast majority of developers don’t know what those details are, so when you’re estimating a project, you usually forget about number of critical—and time consuming—details.

… may have many semantic interpretations and are often abused by leaders as ways to apportion blame. However the intent of a commitment is to express the dedication of the team to achieving a specific outcome, in a timescale they feel is appropriate. A commitment is not something that can be pushed onto someone, it is something given to others by …

I often perceive that teams consider accountability as outward looking — an expectation to report progress (and therefore an erosion of Autonomy). The most powerful teams I have worked with recognise it’s importance within the team first — being…