Gitprime

JUNE 11, 2019

Taking on an engineering leadership role can be disorienting for fresh recruits from the engineering ranks and seasoned veterans alike. Hogan spent more than a decade leveling up engineering organizations and growing leaders at companies like Etsy (as an Engineering Director) and Kickstarter (as VP of Engineering).

Coaching 45

Coaching Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE 45

James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

To move to new zones—for example, if a team is fluent in the Focusing zone, and wants to add Delivering or Optimizing fluency— kaikaku is still the best approach. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. The VP was concerned about cross-product coordination as the organization grew. Don’t give up.

Agile 103

Agile How To Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE 103

James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

If not, you can hire consultants. Some Agile consultants have change management experience and can guide both aspects of your Agile adoption. To move to new zones—for example, if a team is fluent in the Focusing zone, and wants to add Delivering or Optimizing fluency— kaikaku is still the best approach.

Agile 94

Agile Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE Coaching 94

taos

JULY 18, 2017

Frankly, I don’t know a single CIO, CTO or VP of Engineering or Operations that would disagree with me. Just ask the many software engineers that engage in hack-a-thons every couple of months, only to find their ideas come to life within weeks…now that’s exciting! Public cloud is not cheaper! There, I said it!

Cloud 40

Cloud Part-Time VPE Data Center Technical Review 40