Project Management

Engineering Management

5 Aug 2024 · 4 min read

How To Tell CTOs, Project, And Engineering Managers Apart

Not immediately knowing the differences between a CTO, EM, and PM is understandable, even more so in smaller companies.

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Engineering Management

29 Jul 2024 · 7 min read

5 Crucial Ways Engineering Managers Contribute To Projects

EMs and PMs have very different responsibilities, but your work complements and supports one another

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Project Management

28 Nov 2023 · 4 min read

Use Iterative Prototyping To Fight Scope Creep

The new project has you bursting with eager excitement. Finally, a chance to flex your creative muscles and design iteratively. No more rigid processes limiting the engineering skills you pursue.

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Project Management

1 Nov 2023 · 4 min read

Have Your Cake and Eat It Too with Scrumban

Finding the right balance between structure and flexibility is vital for agile software teams. Scrumban comes in to blend the best of both worlds — keeping Scrum’s focus and adding

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Project Management

30 Oct 2023 · 4 min read

Dear Scrum, It’s Not Me, It’s You

I sighed as I stared blankly at my laptop screen. Another sprint planning meeting was about to start, which meant another two weeks of frustration lay ahead. I had such

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Project Management

19 Oct 2023 · 4 min read

Velocity Obsession: The Flawed Metric of Agile

Raise your hand if you’ve ever had a manager obsessed with your team’s velocity. Yeah, that’s what I thought. Velocity is the go-to metric for tracking agile

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Project Management

15 Oct 2023 · 4 min read

Stop Scope Creep With Prioritization

Software projects are rife with uncertainty. Even seasoned developers struggle to provide accurate estimates. But one thing is sure — to ensure your project succeeds, you must prioritize the features your

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Project Management

26 Sep 2023 · 4 min read

Why Your Roadmap is Worthless Without Rigor

As CTO, I’m constantly seeking ways to improve how we build and deliver software. After a few painful release rollouts riddled with delays, defects, and cost overruns, someone suggested

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Project Management

20 Sep 2023 · 5 min read

The Quest for the Holy Grail of Project Management Systems

It could be me, but none of the off-the-shelf project management tools work for us. They’re either overly complicated like Jira or too simplistic and lack the functionality and

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Project Management

5 Sep 2023 · 4 min read

The Context Switching Catastrophe: How to Save Your Engineering Team from Burnout

It was the perfect storm. One of our lead engineers, Alex, had finally settled into coding a complex new feature that customers had eagerly awaited for months. Thirty minutes into

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Estimation

29 Aug 2023 · 4 min read

Why Software Time Estimates Are A Pipe Dream

Today, I want to discuss a sensitive topic — time estimates for software projects. This issue significantly impacts engineers of all kinds who are constantly asked to provide estimates, as well

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