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Should a (junior) developer try to push for better processes and practices in their development/IT team?

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107 38 I'm a junior developer that is given the ability to help shape my team's processes if I can justify the change, and if it helps the team get work done. This is new for me as my past companies more or less had rigidly defined processes that came from management. My team is fairly small and somewhat new (<3 years old). They lack: a well defined software development/work management framework (like scrum) strong product ownership well defined roles ( e.g. business staff will do manual testing) regular standup meetings a consolidated issue tracking process (we have a tool, the process is still being developed) a unit, system, regression, or manual testing suite or list documentation on business logic and processes a knowledge base to document internal and customer facing tips And the lis