The RICE prioritisation framework is well known by product managers. It’s often used to prioritise the next feature for the team to build. But did you know you could also apply it to your own tasks as an engineering leader? If you think about it, every day you’re trying to…

Anyone who’s worked in software development has developed opinions about agile processes. I’ve been an engineer, I’ve led teams and I’ve managed teams, and most of them were quite successful. These are the processes that worked for me and my teams. My main goal with any process is to enable…

What is impact? The simplest definition I have is improving something for others. This is a very broad definition. Usually it means taking ownership of a problem and trying to solve it. It might also mean helping to execute on a solution for a problem owned by someone else. In your career you…

Here’s why setting expectations is important. Imagine you’re standing somewhere surrounded by people. All of those people are looking at you. You don’t know why, but they are. Maybe they want something from you? Nobody said anything. But they’re looking. You try asking the guy closest to you a question…