Effective Engineering Manager

Effective Engineering Manager

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Effective Engineering Manager episodes

  • Effective SDLC: Engineering Checklist
    We provide a do-or-die checklist for an effective SDLC that allows teams building software that customers love to use and engineers never have to worry about. Our check list includes:
    Documented user stories and use cases
    Version Control
    Issue tracking
    Unified IDE
    Code style
    Build automation
    Iterative development
    Design reviews
    Unit and integration testing
    Static code analysis
    Code reviews
    Continuous Integration
    Continuous deployment
    Gradual production rollouts
    Automatic rollbacks
    High fidelity monitoring and alerting
    Please reach out to us if you have feedback or suggestions at [email protected] or visit us at https://www.effectiveem.com.
    11 min
  • Team Building: No All-Star Teams
    We provide guidance on how to understand and avoid building All-Star Teams. In the end we share a checklist that engineering managers can use to build complementary teams, not all-star teams.
    Please reach out to us if you have feedback or suggestions at [email protected] or visit us at https://www.effectiveem.com.
    14 min
  • Effective One-One-Ones: 1:1s with New Boss
    We provide practical guidance on avoiding risks associated with 1:1s with a new boss. This continues the series on the Effective One-On-Ones. We also recommend checking out our episode "Practicing Observe and Absorb" that will help you to plan and implement a strategy for managing 1:1s with your new boss.
    7 min
  • Building Teams: The Kudos Program
    We provide guidance on how to build engaged teams by implementing a Kudos program. In the end we share a checklist that engineering managers can use to implement the Kudos program immediately.
    Please reach out to us if you have feedback or suggestions at [email protected] or visit us at https://www.effectiveem.com.
    19 min
  • Effective One-on-Ones: Structuring 1:1s
    Practical suggestions on structuring 1:1s.
    Structure your 1:1s as 20 minutes to be your directs' and 10 minutes to be yours. Let your direct reports decide what they want to talk about. Avoid assigning work during your 1:1s. This episode continues the series of short notes on the Laws of Effective One-On-Ones.
    Please reach out to us if you have feedback or suggestions at [email protected] or visit us at https://www.effectiveem.com.
    5 min
  • Building Teams: Birthdays and Lunches
    We provide recommendations on two powerful approaches to maintain the spirit of camaraderie in a team, celebrating birthdays and going to lunches. This is the first episode in the series dedicated to the most important activity any engineering manager is responsible for, building and maintaining effective teams.
    Please reach out to us if you have feedback or suggestions at [email protected] or visit us at https://www.effectiveem.com.
    20 min
  • Effective One-on-Ones: Don’t Skip Your 1:1s
    The more 1:1s you miss, the longer will be your next one.
    One-on-ones are the most effective people management tool. When it's used right, it's allows engineering managers building lasting relationships with their direct reports that pay in great performance. When done wrong, 1:1s can become ineffective or even harmful. In the the first episode in the series The Laws of Effective One-On-Ones we talk about the impact of skipped 1:1s and practical techniques to avoid missing 1:1s, for managers and their direct reports.
    Please reach out to us if you have feedback or suggestions at [email protected] or visit us at https://www.effectiveem.com.
    19 min
  • Effective Agile: Remote Teams
    We provide guidance on how to effectively manage remote teams in an Agile environment. In the end we share a checklist that engineering managers can use to self-check that they are managing their remote teams effectively.
    Please reach out to us if you have feedback or suggestions at [email protected] or visit us at https://www.effectiveem.com.
    30 min
  • Engineering Process: Gap Analysis
    Gap Analysis is an effective approach to identifying challenges in the areas of engineering processes, people and tools. Gap Analysis allows engineering managers to address challenges that prevent the team from delivering high quality software on time. In this podcast we provide a step-by-step guidance for conducting Gap Analysis and resolving the identified gaps.
    Please reach out to us if you have feedback or suggestions at [email protected] or visit us at https://www.effectiveem.com.
    15 min

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