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I am working for a project in a team of 5 people. The team comprises of 3 people from my company and 2 freelancers.

I have the role of the tech lead / architect of the team, though I have less experience both in general and in this project than one of the freelancers. He is the type of person that has an opinion about everything, and spends a lot of his time in meetings since he wants to know and have an opinion on all topics.

I, together with 2 people outside this immediate team, are currently running some performance tests on our system.

This freelancer asked me yesterday if he can see the "report". I replied, that the report isn't available yet, and will be provided once we are done with the tests. His reply to this was

"No, I need the report now, this is where the conditions are documented and the scenarios are listed. The results are only useful when the starting conditions are known".

A couple of things: a) I interpreted "report", as the documentation of the results, not the starting conditions and scenarios. It feels paternalistic to be told that it makes sense to have the starting conditions documented.

b) I dislike "No, I need the report now" for multiple reasons. First of all I dislike the tone, since I don't think that it's his role to request that. Second, 3 people are currently involved in these tests, and we don't need him poking his nose and checking the results / telling us what to do.

I have a bit of an ego / emotional reaction to that that I want to keep in check ("who is he to request things of me?"). But beyond that I think that that's not helpful for the team. His role isn't to try and get involved into everything and check up whether we are doing a good job or not.

Situations like this keep happening, so I want to find a good way to communicate this, without being whiny or complain about it.

How do I handle this? Is this an issue in your eyes or should I just let him do whatever he wants?

Edit to answer a question: He doesn't need this information, since he isn't working on the performance tests. He just tends to want to criticise and have an opinion about everything. Regarding my role: we work in a more modern environment, so I don't do division and assignment of tasks, I am responsible for the end result and have the final say in some matters.

I am working for a project in a team of 5 people. The team comprises of 3 people from my company and 2 freelancers.

I have the role of the tech lead / architect of the team, though I have less experience both in general and in this project than one of the freelancers. He is the type of person that has an opinion about everything, and spends a lot of his time in meetings since he wants to know and have an opinion on all topics.

I, together with 2 people outside this immediate team, are currently running some performance tests on our system.

This freelancer asked me yesterday if he can see the "report". I replied, that the report isn't available yet, and will be provided once we are done with the tests. His reply to this was

"No, I need the report now, this is where the conditions are documented and the scenarios are listed. The results are only useful when the starting conditions are known".

A couple of things:

1. I interpreted "report", as the documentation of the results, not the starting conditions and scenarios. It feels paternalistic to be told that it makes sense to have the starting conditions documented.

2. I dislike "No, I need the report now" for multiple reasons. First of all I dislike the tone, since I don't think that it's his role to request that. Second, 3 people are currently involved in these tests, and we don't need him poking his nose and checking the results / telling us what to do.

I have a bit of an ego / emotional reaction to that that I want to keep in check ("who is he to request things of me?").

But beyond that I think that that's not helpful for the team. His role isn't to try and get involved into everything and check up whether we are doing a good job or not.

Situations like this keep happening, so I want to find a good way to communicate this, without being whiny or complain about it.

How do I handle this? Is this an issue in your eyes or should I just let him do whatever he wants?

Edit to answer a question: He doesn't need this information, since he isn't working on the performance tests. He just tends to want to criticise and have an opinion about everything. Regarding my role: we work in a more modern environment, so I don't do division and assignment of tasks, I am responsible for the end result and have the final say in some matters.

I am working for a project in a team of 5 people. The team comprises of 3 people from my company and 2 freelancers.

I have the role of the tech lead / architect of the team, though I have less experience both in general and in this project than one of the freelancers. He is the type of person that has an opinion about everything, and spends a lot of his time in meetings since he wants to know and have an opinion on all topics.

I, together with 2 people outside this immediate team, are currently running some performance tests on our system.

This freelancer asked me yesterday if he can see the "report". I replied, that the report isn't available yet, and will be provided once we are done with the tests. His reply to this was

"No, I need the report now, this is where the conditions are documented and the scenarios are listed. The results are only useful when the starting conditions are known".

A couple of things: a) I interpreted "report", as the documentation of the results, not the starting conditions and scenarios. It feels paternalistic to be told that it makes sense to have the starting conditions documented.

b) I dislike "No, I need the report now" for multiple reasons. First of all I dislike the tone, since I don't think that it's his role to request that. Second, 3 people are currently involved in these tests, and we don't need him poking his nose and checking the results / telling us what to do.

I have a bit of an ego / emotional reaction to that that I want to keep in check ("who is he to request things of me?"). But beyond that I think that that's not helpful for the team. His role isn't to try and get involved into everything and check up whether we are doing a good job or not.

Situations like this keep happening, so I want to find a good way to communicate this, without being whiny or complain about it.

How do I handle this? Is this an issue in your eyes or should I just let him do whatever he wants?

Edit to answer a question: He doesn't need this information, since he isn't working on the performance tests. He just tends to want to criticise and have an opinion about everything.

I am working for a project in a team of 5 people. The team comprises of 3 people from my company and 2 freelancers.

I have the role of the tech lead / architect of the team, though I have less experience both in general and in this project than one of the freelancers. He is the type of person that has an opinion about everything, and spends a lot of his time in meetings since he wants to know and have an opinion on all topics.

I, together with 2 people outside this immediate team, are currently running some performance tests on our system.

This freelancer asked me yesterday if he can see the "report". I replied, that the report isn't available yet, and will be provided once we are done with the tests. His reply to this was

"No, I need the report now, this is where the conditions are documented and the scenarios are listed. The results are only useful when the starting conditions are known".

A couple of things: a) I interpreted "report", as the documentation of the results, not the starting conditions and scenarios. It feels paternalistic to be told that it makes sense to have the starting conditions documented.

b) I dislike "No, I need the report now" for multiple reasons. First of all I dislike the tone, since I don't think that it's his role to request that. Second, 3 people are currently involved in these tests, and we don't need him poking his nose and checking the results / telling us what to do.

I have a bit of an ego / emotional reaction to that that I want to keep in check ("who is he to request things of me?"). But beyond that I think that that's not helpful for the team. His role isn't to try and get involved into everything and check up whether we are doing a good job or not.

Situations like this keep happening, so I want to find a good way to communicate this, without being whiny or complain about it.

How do I handle this? Is this an issue in your eyes or should I just let him do whatever he wants?

Edit to answer a question: He doesn't need this information, since he isn't working on the performance tests. He just tends to want to criticise and have an opinion about everything. Regarding my role: we work in a more modern environment, so I don't do division and assignment of tasks, I am responsible for the end result and have the final say in some matters.

I am working for a project in a team of 5 people. The team comprises of 3 people from my company and 2 freelancers.

I have the role of the tech lead / architect of the team, though I have less experience both in general and in this project than one of the freelancers. He is the type of person that has an opinion about everything, and spends a lot of his time in meetings since he wants to know and have an opinion on all topics.

I, together with 2 people outside this immediate team, are currently running some performance tests on our system.

This freelancer asked me yesterday if he can see the "report". I replied, that the report isn't available yet, and will be provided once we are done with the tests. His reply to this was

"No, I need the report now, this is where the conditions are documented and the scenarios are listed. The results are only useful when the starting conditions are known".

A couple of things: a) I interpreted "report", as the documentation of the results, not the starting conditions and scenarios. It feels paternalistic to be told that it makes sense to have the starting conditions documented.

b) I dislike "No, I need the report now" for multiple reasons. First of all I dislike the tone, since I don't think that it's his role to request that. Second, 3 people are currently involved in these tests, and we don't need him poking his nose and checking the results / telling us what to do.

I have a bit of an ego / emotional reaction to that that I want to keep in check ("who is he to request things of me?"). But beyond that I think that that's not helpful for the team. His role isn't to try and get involved into everything and check up whether we are doing a good job or not.

Situations like this keep happening, so I want to find a good way to communicate this, without being whiny or complain about it.

How do I handle this? Is this an issue in your eyes or should I just let him do whatever he wants?

I am working for a project in a team of 5 people. The team comprises of 3 people from my company and 2 freelancers.

I have the role of the tech lead / architect of the team, though I have less experience both in general and in this project than one of the freelancers. He is the type of person that has an opinion about everything, and spends a lot of his time in meetings since he wants to know and have an opinion on all topics.

I, together with 2 people outside this immediate team, are currently running some performance tests on our system.

This freelancer asked me yesterday if he can see the "report". I replied, that the report isn't available yet, and will be provided once we are done with the tests. His reply to this was

"No, I need the report now, this is where the conditions are documented and the scenarios are listed. The results are only useful when the starting conditions are known".

A couple of things: a) I interpreted "report", as the documentation of the results, not the starting conditions and scenarios. It feels paternalistic to be told that it makes sense to have the starting conditions documented.

b) I dislike "No, I need the report now" for multiple reasons. First of all I dislike the tone, since I don't think that it's his role to request that. Second, 3 people are currently involved in these tests, and we don't need him poking his nose and checking the results / telling us what to do.

I have a bit of an ego / emotional reaction to that that I want to keep in check ("who is he to request things of me?"). But beyond that I think that that's not helpful for the team. His role isn't to try and get involved into everything and check up whether we are doing a good job or not.

Situations like this keep happening, so I want to find a good way to communicate this, without being whiny or complain about it.

How do I handle this? Is this an issue in your eyes or should I just let him do whatever he wants?

Edit to answer a question: He doesn't need this information, since he isn't working on the performance tests. He just tends to want to criticise and have an opinion about everything.