The Highlander Rule
So I thought I wrote about this a really long time ago. But that must have been in another blog. So here is a new take on The Highlander Rule. There Can Be Only One If you have seen the movie, Highlander, you already know this rule. If you have not seen the movie I suggest you watch it; it's a classic. In the movie, our hero Connor MacLeod repeatedly points out that "There can be only one'. This is all part of the plot that I won't spoil here except to say the statement drives the elimination of Connors completion. Only One of What? Well, YMMV but, a Tech Lead is a good example. Product Owner is another. I'll talk about them as a sort of similar role. Generally, you can only take direction from one person. You cannot have two people directing a team and expect consistency. Subtle discrepancies in guidance can too easily lead to chaos and confusion in a team. For example, if you have two Tech Leads and one of them says 'We do TDD, and we do it all the time....
