Embrace keeping things in order today
Say goodbye to micromanagement with Enji.
Out of order
We have been in situations where clients ask for updates on their projects, and management has to run around to
the engineers, asking for information and clarifying progress. Complicating this was the fact that the engineers
were spread across the globe. This is not a great experience for anyone involved in a software project, whether
it is the managers, engineers, or clients.
Hands-on management
Some managers may think that they cannot know what is going on unless their employees are together in a physical location where they can ask questions about their work. This hands-on approach provides control, but it is not effective.
Ineffective interference
When a manager keeps asking an engineer for updates, they will not get good answers. They will get snappy responses and irritation. Everyone has work to do and managers or engineers have no desire to see each other all the time.
Beyond control
We have found that keeping things in order is a better way to organize our observations than just thinking about control. It means going beyond control to create a vision for performance. This approach includes five core elements.
Order means
The end of excessive supervision
We do this without nagging and without hovering over engineers 24/7. Instead, bots and AI observe because we believe in effective work that does not add to more friction within a team. Managers and leaders want to perform crucial tasks that develop and grow a business, and we like that idea. Instead of running after employees, we believe they should focus on important work.
Leaders perform strategic work
At Enji, we affirm that CEOs and stakeholders who are investing their money into software development have
a right to know where their money is going. It would have been great if we always had this idea, but it comes from
our experience of working in teams that did not provide this data to clients and managers. This situation created
an incessant stream of emails and questions that slowed progress. No one needs this. So, we created Enji.
