Code QA is useless when critics are forbidden

You might know the situation: A bug crashed the build (or even the production system) because somebody did something wrong (without saying that he/she did it consciously). Mostly you get the message: „It does not matter who did it wrong. We have to fix it asap!“

I see this approach being totaly wrong for raising the quality of the team and it’s members. Speaking for myself, I want to know what I did wrong and maybe getting an advice to make it better on the next occasion.

The consequence of not talking about mistakes leads to quite cruel social results in the team. Rumors raise and talking behind the back takes place in the daily communication an soon you will see that some people are „more liked“ than others.

For all you team leaders and team members out there: talk, talk, talk … and not only the brave-boy/-girl style.