Timeline for How should I deal with a subordinate who is distracted and not performing well?
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| Jul 14, 2020 at 16:47 | comment | added | Dave White | Maybe he needs to spend less time web browsing, maybe it's something else entirely. That's why it's a good idea that OP provides more background, although I note they have not interacted with this page since they asked the question. | |
| Jul 14, 2020 at 12:54 | comment | added | Pete855217 | @lambshaanxy Precisely! If he can complete his tasks and have time to 'browse the web' you might need to have another conversation about setting his output within timeframes more aggressively. This is an opportunity for him, not a mark against him and you should try to communicate it this way - perhaps you have an outstanding contributor on your hands! | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 12:10 | comment | added | lambshaanxy | @Heinzi That's why it's important to understand why they didn't deliver. Maybe there's a good reason, maybe there isn't. If they continually fail to deliver, you know where the issue is. Also, it's good to do estimates together as a team in sprint planning, so it's not just down to the dev's own estimation skill or lack thereof. | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 10:07 | comment | added | Heinzi | Easier said than done: As l0b0 says in his answer, accurate estimates are impossible, and I'd like to add as a corollary: reasonably accurate estimates are hard. If the developer has lots of tasks that can take between 1 day and 1 week, how should I know what will be done by Friday? My expectation is that the dev takes about the time that a reasonably efficient dev would need to complete the task, but I haven't found any way to measure that yet (without having another dev (or myself) doing the same work just to be able to compare the outcome). | |
| Jul 12, 2020 at 12:10 | history | answered | lambshaanxy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |