How do guide PMs to positively impact your team, your business, and your customers? What if your peers and management chain all see the PM role differently?
An opinion column for developers. Brutally honest, no pulled punches.
How do guide PMs to positively impact your team, your business, and your customers? What if your peers and management chain all see the PM role differently?
When a project has multiple leaders, how do you quickly make aligned decisions that stick? Who has final say without abusing that power?
What is matrix management? Given its awful track record, why does it persist and how can you avoid it?
Why do many engineers hate office politics yet can’t avoid it? How can you navigate and master office politics while maintaining your integrity and sanity?
What makes professional relationships different from personal ones? How do you collaborate effectively with people you don’t like?
Which five engagement strategies deeply connect you to your feature team, yet allow you to focus on the long term? How do you keep your team healthy and growing?
How do you handle ridiculous customer requests? What are the hidden truths in customer clichés?
Should we return to the old days of testing? What ways can customer previews fail to find issues?
Why are developers frightened of DevOps? How does a team find a new normal and then excel?
Where is the value of PMs? What makes a great PM?