Engineering Leaders, be the Chief Documentation Officer (CDO) on Your TeamsI define a Chief Documentation Officer (CDO) as someone who champions proper team documentation. CDOs are excellent curators of thought and…Mar 30, 2023Mar 30, 2023
Leading by Example on Process Change — Stop Talking and Start DoingSome practical things I do with my teams when teaching agile is not enough. Mar 26, 2023Mar 26, 2023
7 Reasons why Sprint Demos are Valuable to the Professional Growth of Software EngineersA Sprint Review accompanied by a product demo is an exciting opportunity for Software Engineers to convey what business value they have…Dec 23, 2022Dec 23, 2022
Using 1:1s to Cultivate Effective RelationshipsManagers, what do you discuss with your direct reports on your 1:1s?Nov 23, 2022Nov 23, 2022
Leading High Performant Software Engineers with a Positive MindsetIt is all possible folks! It is all possible with the appropriate amount of dedication, commitment, and prioritization of what matters…Sep 8, 20221Sep 8, 20221
Sprint Standup is Not Rollcall — A recipe to modernize your sprint calendarThis is an opinionated blog on Creative and Empathic Leadership. It is intended to spark the reader’s imagination on simple, yet creative…Dec 30, 20211Dec 30, 20211
An Approach to Reducing Technical Debt — Tackle or Pay as You GoHighway snow plowing is one of the coolest orchestrations of the Tackle-as You-Go phenomenon I have observed. The synchronized and…Nov 5, 2021Nov 5, 2021
Garnering Empathy during Siloed Development via Code CollaborationMy team, the platform team, had to recently implement a very difficult system capability around Single Sign On (SSO) based on SAML2. We…Jun 30, 2021Jun 30, 2021
RESTful APIs secured and public by default — an opinionGoing strictly by usage patterns from a consumer perspective and a consumer not only includes paying customers but my software engineers…Jun 8, 2021Jun 8, 2021