The brutalist manifesto for development management
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Manifesto

I am calling for an end to the theater surrounding how we work. The theater of new titles without new mandate, the theater of a calendar packed with meetings, and the theater of sprints that are just more of the last sprint.


Stop mistaking vague meetings for progress
— start solving real problems together.

Stop stockpiling backlogs you will never build
— bring clarity to what matters now.

Stop wasting time on guesswork estimations
— work in small pieces and see real progress.

Stop haggling over salaries
— define performance clearly and pay accordingly.

Stop on Fridays
— reset, refocus, and start fresh on Monday.


Because although the items on the left are intuitive and common practice, they are also holding you back from achieving the items on the right.

This is the brutalist manifesto for development management.

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