Placing Blame

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by ExarKun666

On your team, who's fault is it when something goes wrong?

On our team, when something goes wrong, it is the fault of everyone on the team. Everyone on the team has the responsibility to back up everyone else, to double-check each other's work, and make sure that things are going right.

The rationale for this is simple. If everyone on the team gets to go up to the stage and enjoy the limelight when the team wins an animation award (for example), then everyone on the team must also share in the responsibility when someone forgets to plug the drive motors into the control system and we sit motionless for an entire match. We succeed as a team, and we fail as a team. If something goes wrong, it is the responsibility of everyone on the team to spot the problem, identify the solution, and get it fixed. On a team, saying "it's not my job" is simply not acceptable.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

-dave



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[Pavan Dave]

Originally Posted by dlavery

On a team, saying "it's not my job" is simply not acceptable.



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I couldn't have said it better. Complaining about the problem or finding someone responsible takes time away from diagnosing the problem. EVEN if somebody did mess up, its a team effort. Don't pin it on one person because who knows, maybe you'll be the next one to mess up, and being called out isn't the funnest thing when its YOU.


Pavan


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[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Spending time to place blame takes away from fixing the problem.

Originally Posted by EricH

You don't place blame.

We have a team scapegoat*, who is blamed for everything. It is an actual title, like CEO and lead engineer.

It is fully clear to everyone on the team that none of this is that poor soul's fault, s/he is completely blameless. Thus, the scapegoat feels OK (they know it's really not their fault) and the team feels good (they blamed someone) - allowing us to move on to the real issue, fixing it and preventing it in the future.

Don

*(Sometimes called the "Escape-goat" if we need to get outta there in a hurry...)

[ExarKun666]

We have a fun little game that we do in our group, what they do to me is basically, I get all the blame, plus they pretend I have never come once to help with the robot, it's a little joke we have going on.

[maxican]

on our team its all ways build team even when its programing.

[Akash Rastogi]

Unless there's something huge that actually happens..its the entire team. We always say on the team "don't pass the buck." Which is an awesome thing to work on a team by. Its everyone's team, and if you really think about it, it should be everyone's mistake IMO.

+my own $.02