The Joys of Managing Engineering Teams
summary
Covers concrete management moves: formalize feedback by email and get acknowledgements (document all feedback), map mission→objectives→strategies→tactics using the MOST framework, track strategy as epics and stories in Jira roadmap, run fortnightly one‑to‑ones, set core overlap hours for a global team, push test cases out of an “uber spreadsheet” into Jira (still enforces gaps), and align team vision to org priorities (asked for 20 hires but approved 12).
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:24About Maryam Umar
- 3:09Becoming a Manager
- 4:48Leading
- 6:18Time Management
- 6:50People Management
- 13:15Team Strategy
- 14:12Performance Reviews
- 15:08Team Performance Diagram
- 16:25Team Vision
- 18:53Implementing a Vision
- 21:46The Most Framework
- 24:39Building a Team
- 25:13Building the Right Thing
- 27:42Prioritization
- 31:07Vulnerability
- 32:33Team Psychological Safety Exercise
- 34:44Summary
- 35:39Questions
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