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Do Not Delegate Accountability

Explore how to distinguish accountability from responsibility for effective delegation in software engineering management. Understand why maintaining accountability while assigning tasks is crucial to avoid common delegation mistakes and ensure successful team outcomes.

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Key to good delegation

The key to good delegation is understanding the difference between accountability and responsibility. Despite the words often being used interchangeably, there’s a subtle but important difference between them when it comes to delegation:

  • If you take accountability for a task, you are held to account for the completion of that task to the required level of quality.
  • If you have responsibility for a task, you’re the one who is
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