As a "retired" developer myself, I understand that developers aren't always motivated by the same things as Business Analysts. BAs, as representatives of some form of "customer", are responsible for meeting that customer's needs. Developers, well, are different. In most cases, developers just want to produce solutions to problems. How they arrive at solutions can be widely variant.
For one of my assignments, I was well aware of conflict within the team, so I made it my first objective to figure out what was on each team member's wish list. By doing so, I learned what motivated them and could tailor my approach appropriately. With my current project, I'm feeling a little out of the loop, since the Project Manager wants to handle our current situation with the developers. So, I'm just trying to think how I can "coach" her a bit on how to motivate our developers. So what do you think? Have you ever tried the "wish list" approach? What has worked for you?
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