I like this article so much, mainly because I have been thinking about this for two years at least. I’d even argue that this should apply to software engineers and anyone else as well. Employees everywhere should be metric oriented not task oriented, hence OKRs.

I’ve been vocal about this and here are some counter arguments I usually get.

• Managers want visibility. It’s way easier for them to manage time-boxed well-defined small tasks, than managing a team working creatively towards a goal in an agile fashion. The latter requires more involvement from their side to see if the employee is on the right track, while the former is abstract enough to shield them from the involvement
• Juniors want well-defined tasks or they get lost. Though patronizing in my opinion, many believe this is the case.
• Companies need control. Breaking thinks into tasks in a top down fashion assures the company that their strategy is being executed.

I would love to see your analysis for these points at some point.