How to make decisions and resolve conflicts between engineers
It's important to distinct between high and low impact decisions. This can give you great insights into what are appropriate next steps to take.
Intro
Do engineers disagree often between themselves? “Which technology or framework should we pick?”
Do front-end engineers argue with Back-end engineers? Is the cause of a disagreement pride? Those questions are all relevant in today’s software development.
In my opinion, engineers are the easiest to work with and at the same time also the hardest to work with. What I mean with this statement is that engineers are very often direct and say exactly what they mean and that can be a huge plus when collaborating, but it can also mean that two people with strong opinions can clash with each other quite fast.
If you would like to find out how to resolve and mitigate these conflicts successfully, keep on reading!
Impact of decisions
Whenever a conflict occurs between engineers in software development, it’s mostly connected to making a certain decision or due to the direction of a particular project. It’s important to clearly understand the distinction between high and low impact decisions. This …