Question

During a project, two senior developers repeatedly clash over which architecture approach to adopt. Their disagreement has escalated into personal comments during team meetings, and other team members are becoming disengaged. As the project manager, what is the BEST first action to resolve this conflict?

Accepted Answer

Meet privately with both developers to understand each perspective and facilitate a collaborative resolution focused on project goals

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Escalate the issue to the functional managers of both developers and let them decide the technical direction

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Choose the architecture yourself to end the debate quickly and restore team focus

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Reassign one of the developers to a different task to physically separate the sources of conflict