Behavior provided by a manager to protect the staff under him/her from
interference by those outside that branch of the organization.
Examples:
- a developer taking a managerial position to prevent a more useful staffer from being placed as manager, diluting their effect on the code.
- requiring all contact with the group to be coordinated with the manager.
- personally accepting full responsibility for the performance of the team. See KentOnWardOnSustainablePace.
- taking care of administrative matters.
Sure, my manager covered me with fire on a regular basis. We spent at lot of time FireFighting. Mostly I ignore him how.
Being the GoalDonor does not make you a manager. They are (should be) separate roles. Are they compatible?'