I'm basically the same, maybe a little less on the actual technical direction. What I feel is the biggest disadvantage is that you are the bottleneck for anything to move forward. I'm not sure yet on how to solve that.
A few changes you could try:
- have the developers make their own estimates
- instead of explaining all relevant existing code, only point to where the relevant parts are or what terms to search for)
- if there is a designer involved in the features, try to get them better at making specifications, so developers can work directly with the designer instead of having you in between doing 'translation'
A few changes you could try: - have the developers make their own estimates - instead of explaining all relevant existing code, only point to where the relevant parts are or what terms to search for) - if there is a designer involved in the features, try to get them better at making specifications, so developers can work directly with the designer instead of having you in between doing 'translation'