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The four pillars of code health LeadDev

WEBThere are many ways to approach it, but the pillars of code health – maintainability, security, automation, and insights – provide a great framework to think …

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The principles and habits of healthy software LeadDev

WEBMaking software is a human activity. We build software for humans and computers, and we mustn’t forget the human aspect. We need to make sure we work as …

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How to manage mental health in the tech industry LeadDev

WEBAs we step into 2024, many of us feel tired of facing “unprecedented challenges.” The lingering effects of the pandemic, recession, widespread redundancies, …

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What recent data tells us about developer productivity and

WEBThis was a year unlike most, as the sobering reality of an economic downturn has influenced the way engineering management prepared for the coming year, and it’s …

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Balancing delivery speed with engineering health LeadDev

WEBIn order to build reliable systems while continually delivering value, we need to balance engineering health (our team’s ability to function successfully and maintain …

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Platform Health: A team model of platform evolution for startups

WEB1. DIY product management: We must balance the needs of multiple stakeholders and competing goals in a collaborative environment. We do not have a …

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How to measure and improve success in your engineering …

WEBRule 3 – Your KPI should reflect the value you are trying to bring and not the value's outcome. Earnings are the outcome of a great product. Fewer pager duty alerts …

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Learnings from 'Assessing the health of your engineering orgs'

WEBIn Assessing the health of your engineering orgs, the health of teams and its relation to the wider organization is explored.. Episode 1: Want to gauge the wellbeing of …

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'It’s been a tough week': managing mental health in the …

WEBIf it's been a tough week, call it out and take a mental health day. We've all been there; you go through a rough patch, and one morning you find that you just can’t …

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A primer on engineering delivery metrics LeadDev

WEBThis graph shows how we stabilized delivery lead time over a year. This metric’s average also decreased from a few hundred hours to the lower tens, even …

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How I support my reports' mental health as a new manager

WEBThe impact of a toxic workplace on mental health and wellbeing can be catastrophic. The tech industry can be especially challenging, with many engineers …

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Your 30-60-90-day plan as a new manager LeadDev

WEBA 30-60-90-day plan is a tool for new managers or managers new to their role to gain clarity of what’s expected from them. It allows you to identify the largest …

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How to build an effective working group LeadDev

WEBYou can think of this as doing some pre-norming (the first stage of team development ). By doing some of this work upfront, you can get ahead of the inevitable …

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Managing complex organizational change LeadDev

WEBThe Managing Complex Change model is an effective framework that can be used to initiate change in any organization. The model was created by Dr. Mary Lippitt, a …

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Want to gauge the wellbeing of your team

WEBAs a COO, I think I’m only doing a good job if the company is succeeding and the team is happy in their work. The first is pretty easy to assess by looking at your …

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How to reduce stress for on-call engineering teams LeadDev

WEBFour things engineers need to make on-call work less stressful. 1. A global view of all of the data they need, when they want it. Because fixing issues fast is a top …

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The ‘flawed five’ engineering productivity metrics LeadDev

WEBImpact. ‘Impact’ is a new, proprietary metric offered by several prominent vendors in the engineering analytics space. ‘Impact’ is an evolved version of lines of …

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Business as usual vs. innovation: how to get the balance right

WEBStott. One of the challenges facing teams, particularly small ones, is having to balance the time spent on doing fun new things and having to support old (or antique!) …

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