What's a good Lead BA to do with a Diva Developer? He doesn't bother to participate in Scrum meetings, and avoids attending any meetings in person. Fortunately, he reports to our stakeholder. Yes, I said our stakeholder, which should throw a few flags for you as you read this. If not, allow me to explain. When our technical lead decided he had better things to be doing than working on this project, our stakeholder took over the role of technical lead. I can't say I understand that, since the technical lead role requires some technical skills. I certainly didn't have any authority to point out the hazards of that arrangement. It was just done. So, one of our developers now takes his cues from our stakeholder. Today, that developer insisted that he couldn't attend our Scrum meetings because it interfered with taking his kids to school. So, I moved the meetings to 9:00am, 30 minutes later. Funny though, since school only just started, so I don't know why the 8:30am time slot was troublesome all summer long.
When our new Project Manager joined our team about 10 days ago, of course we discussed a list of things that should change and this Diva Developer's attitude was high on the list. She insists she'll whip this crew into shape. It should be interesting since the top two items she's already had to defer. It'll be interesting to see if this Diva Developer continues his diva-ness. (What is the masculine for "diva"?)
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