Tag: management
All the articles with the tag "management".
Achievement Diary
Posted on:November 18, 2024 at 6 min readThe achievement diary is a living document designed to help engineers track and communicate their achievements. It records all their contributions in a way that is aligned with their role expectations, fostering visibility, self-reflection, and structured career growth.
Ticket Etiquette
Posted on:October 17, 2024 at 6 min readDefining a good ticket is more than just writing a helpful description. A ticket represents a piece of work someone will focus on in the next few hours/days. A well-defined structure helps any engineer on the team deliver high-quality results, build great products, and reduce cycle time.
Event Storming
Posted on:October 4, 2024 at 7 min readEvent Storming is a collaborative workshop created by Alberto Brandolini in which people brainstorm and explore a specific business process. The concept is to gather people with different expertise (engineers, designers, support, sales), experts and map the business.
Guide For Setting Career Goals
Posted on:September 17, 2024 at 6 min readOne of the engineering manager's primary responsibilities is to support and develop their teams and individuals to grow. When an individual improves, the whole team and the company benefit. They will be more productive, efficient, and motivated.
Working Groups
Posted on:September 2, 2024 at 3 min readWorking groups deliver value by bringing together individuals from various engineering teams based on their expertise and enthusiasm.
Healthy Meetings
Posted on:August 29, 2024 at 2 min readYou might have attended some meetings that seemed to waste your time. Too many unproductive meetings can negatively affect personal and team productivity and overall well-being. These are some guidelines and best practices for running healthy and productive discussions.
Mentoring vs Coaching
Posted on:August 13, 2024 at 1 min readI want to clarify my view on mentoring and coaching. While mentoring and coaching have unique characteristics, they share a fundamental objective, developing and guiding an individual's skills, knowledge, and performance.
Elastic Leadership
Posted on:July 31, 2024 at 5 min readBuilding a team is a continuous process. A team goes through many phases and challenges before being self-organised. Leaders must adapt their leadership to fit the team's needs.
Motivation: Unlocking Peak Performance
Posted on:July 10, 2024 at 4 min readMotivation is the driving force that encourages individuals to pursue and achieve goals. It’s the force that makes engineering teams go above and beyond, turning innovative ideas into groundbreaking products and solutions.
The Trifecta Model
Posted on:June 5, 2024 at 3 min readThe Trifecta model (or a Triad) is a group of three leaders who share a goal and have clear accountability and autonomy to deliver a valuable, feasible, usable product.
Lead by Delegating
Posted on:April 19, 2024 at 5 min readThe goal of a software engineer is to solve problems cost-efficiently. Most of the time, the solution involves writing some code and delegating the work to a machine. Being an effective manager means learning to delegate work to people to create a more engaged and efficient team.
Effective 1:1s
Posted on:April 2, 2024 at 7 min readThe 1:1 meeting is an opportunity to support your direct reports and enable their potential. It is the time of the week when both give up on their time to be together. Using this time effectively can positively impact their performance.
The Art of Feedback
Posted on:March 15, 2024 at 8 min readFeedback is one of the most powerful tools for building synergies and continuously improving your team's performance. If you are practising active management, you should consistently give and ask for feedback.
SMART Goals
Posted on:March 3, 2024 at 4 min readSetting clear and measurable goals for your direct reports is a great way to coach, set expectations, and track their progress. It contributes to their development and team success.
Performance Improvement Plan
Posted on:February 10, 2024 at 5 min readA performance improvement plan (PIP) is a formal process to help low performers meet their role's expectations. It shouldn't be seen as a punishment or a disciplinary action but rather as a tool to improve their performance and address their issues.
Performance Reviews
Posted on:February 4, 2024 at 5 min readThe performance review cycle is a sensitive period where people expect a salary raise or a promotion. It's not a wrong way to see it this way, but it is much more than that. It is an opportunity to get feedback and understand where people are on their journey.
WoW Manifesto
Posted on:January 2, 2024 at 12 min readThe ways of working (WoW) manifesto, also known as a working agreement, consists of a set of guidelines or behaviours that a team has agreed upon to define how they want to work together.
Demystify the Engineering Manager Role
Posted on:December 12, 2023 at 5 min readEngineering managers are responsible for building, enabling and supporting high-performing teams that deliver quality and effective solutions at a sustainable pace.
Manage Yourself
Posted on:October 1, 2023 at 6 min readBefore taking on the responsibility of managing people, it is crucial to build a system to help us manage ourselves. A system in this context refers to a set of processes, tools, and strategies that we can use to organise our work, improve our productivity, and achieve our goals.
Bus Factor
Posted on:September 18, 2023 at 5 min readThe bus factor measures the minimum number of team members who must be hit by a bus (leaving the company, going on holiday, sickness) to put the project in danger.
Setting OKRs
Posted on:August 28, 2023 at 4 min readOKRs stands for Objectives and Key Results, a framework that helps the company/teams/individuals define measurable goals and track outcomes.