Apiumhub

JUNE 16, 2021

The transition to tech leadership is a huge challenge. Technical leadership is different. Leading a technical team demands more than just management skills, but also technical prowess, and the ability to navigate the tech world. Remember, that learning is key to success in any leadership position.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Leadership CTO Coach Engineering Management 131

Strategic Tech

MARCH 16, 2021

There are a few qualities that differentiate average from high performing software engineering organisations. In my experience, the culture is better and the results are better in orgs where engineers and architects obsess over the design of code and architecture. It can be a cost-effective approach.

Engineering Culture 80

Engineering Culture Software Engineering Software Review Culture 80

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JULY 28, 2020

Product Managers are responsible for the successful development, testing, release, and adoption of a product, and for leading the team that implements those milestones. Some of the best lessons are captured in Ron Kohavi, Diane Tang, and Ya Xu’s book: Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments : A Practical Guide to A/B Testing.

Marketing 145

Marketing Weak Development Team Metrics UI/UX 145

SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2013

These are often the same things that cause a founder to reach out to me about helping their CTO, VP Engineering, tech team, off-shore development, etc. Delivery of code/product that clearly has not been tested. Sometimes they will lead key product tests, special projects, essentially research and development. Bugs – no big deal.

Weak Development Team 87

Weak Development Team CTO Coach Fractional CTO Development 87

LeanEssays

JULY 16, 2015

The technical heart of agile is embodied in the practices articulated by Jez Humble and Dave Farley in Continuous Delivery : acceptance test-driven development; automated builds, automated testing, automated database migration, and automated deployment; everyone checks their code into the mainline at least daily (there are no branches!);

Agile 69

Agile Software Review Technical Review Microservices 69

Strategic Tech

AUGUST 26, 2018

Putting all my years of yoga practice to the test, I inhaled slowly, gracefully held the air in for a few seconds, and then slowly exhaled feeling at one with the universe. Upon arrival I frantically scanned the shelves looking for the chocolate sauce. First pass… nothing. I was so eager I couldn’t even see it.

Architecture 40

Architecture Groups Software System 40