by Divine Odazie | Oct 25, 2021 | Community
Engineering management is a complex and diverse role. It requires making tough decisions, building teams, and balancing the needs of teams and senior management. If you are an engineering manager, you may have asked your peers and mentors questions regarding...
by Divine Odazie | Oct 17, 2021 | Resources
Engineering managers are responsible for the success of their teams. They are also in charge of ensuring that projects are done on time, to budget, and with quality. Needless to say, being an engineering manager is a challenging job. This article contains 40 short...
by Divine Odazie | Oct 8, 2021 | Teams
Saying no is not an easy thing to do. It’s much easier to say yes, take on yet another project, work on the user request, and juggle between projects to meet a deadline. But for an engineer who manages other engineers, saying no is a crucial skill to have....
by Divine Odazie | Oct 3, 2021 | Teams
A team that is aligned has a clear purpose and shared expectations. Without alignment, it can be hard to execute strategic initiatives. One of the most important tasks for an engineering manager is to create alignment within their team. This article will share...
by Divine Odazie | Sep 29, 2021 | Teams
Building trust with your team is key to your success as an engineering manager. If you want your team to develop innovative solutions, take risks, and feel like they’re free to speak their minds, then trust is the answer. But how do you build trust with your...
by Team Zumvie | Sep 28, 2021 | Community
Being an effective engineering manager is tough. It requires regular self-reflection and continuous learning. To help engineering managers in this path of constant learning, several engineering management leaders share their knowledge by writing books, publishing...
by Divine Odazie | Sep 24, 2021 | Teams
Psychological safety in an engineering team is a major concern. To be productive, engineers need to feel that they can take risks and speak up about their ideas without feeling judged or pressured. The consequences of not addressing this issue can be devastating for...
by Divine Odazie | Sep 22, 2021 | Agile
Agile was born out of a need to adapt to changes in technology and customer demands. The Agile manifesto is a concise, four-paragraph document that outlines the Agile philosophy. It states that “working software is delivered quickly,” “responding to change over...
by Team Zumvie | Sep 20, 2021 | Resources
Engineering managers in today’s world face a variety of challenges. To deal with technical projects and lead a team of engineers, managers require unique skills. On the one hand, engineering managers have to be technically sound, and, on the other, they must possess...
by Divine Odazie | Sep 18, 2021 | Agile
“Antifragile” is a term first coined by Nassim Taleb, author of “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder,” a well-known book on uncertainty. Antifragile describes something that grows stronger with every black swan (unpredictable negative) event....
