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What is an Engineering Management Platform (EMP)? And how do they work?
Aston Whiteling | August 3, 2022
Engineering leaders have long suffered from manual and strenuous ways of collecting data-driven insights to inform their strategic decision-making. Those days are now numbered because of Engineering Management Platforms.
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Why defining failure is the key to measuring change failure rate
Evan Klein | July 27, 2022
Evan Klein discusses change failure rate, the how to measure it, and why the way your team defines failures is such a critical step in this process to make sure you are optimizing your engineering operations.
Engineering Operations
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Best Practices
The Case for Not Counting Story Points
Kevin Dallaire | July 26, 2022
Story points have their place in Agile for the foreseeable future, but they leave much to be desired by engineering leaders. Kevin discusses the flaws of counting story points for reporting and strategic decision making purposes.
Engineering Operations
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Breaking Down Deployment Frequency
Adam Harris | July 20, 2022
Adam Harris breaks down deployment frequency, one of four DORA metrics that are becoming increasingly impactful for software engineering teams to measure.
Engineering Operations
Productivity
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Strategy & Planning
A Time To Make Tough Engineering Decisions
Andrew Lau | July 19, 2022
Uncertain or difficult times for businesses can force engineering leaders to make tough decisions. Let's discuss how to navigate these decisions so that they're more likely to lead to a positive outcome in the long term.
Strategic Alignment
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Best Practices
How to Manage Product and Engineering Teams When Resources Are Scarce
Andrew Lau | July 13, 2022
How should we rethink our product and engineering strategies and build a roadmap when resources are scarce?
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Preparing For The Board Room: Why It’s Hard and The Resources Available To You
Kevin Dallaire | June 28, 2022
Preparing for a board meeting presentation can be stressful and difficult. We compiled a suite of resources in one place to help leaders prepare for the big meeting.
Strategic Alignment
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Best Practices
If You Don’t Put the Metrics Together, It Will Be Done For You…
Andrew Lau | June 22, 2022
As an engineering leader, a data-driven approach to management and reporting will only help you. If you don’t make the effort to generate engineering metrics, others will do it for you, and that can have some severe ramifications.
Strategic Alignment
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Data Insights
How Industry Impacts Performance: A Look at Engineering Benchmarks
Evan Klein | June 15, 2022
There's a wide variance in the performance and focus of engineering teams across different industries. Evan Klein digs deeper into the distinct priorities and benchmarks that exist among different industries.
Productivity
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