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Productivity & Engineering velocity

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Context switching strategies to preserve your focus
18 Jan 2023 Article

Context switching strategies to preserve your focus

Cara Borenstein
Cara Borenstein
7 mins
What is a developer experience team?
03 Oct 2022 Article

What is a developer experience team?

Abi Noda
Abi Noda
11 mins
Four things you need to know about managing toil as you scale
25 May 2022 Article

Four things you need to know about managing toil as you scale

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Ella Morrish
5 mins
What is toil and why is it damaging your engineering org?
18 May 2022 Article

What is toil and why is it damaging your engineering org?

Gregory Chase
Gregory Chase
7 mins
Overcoming security hurdles to push engineering velocity
15 Dec 2021 Video

Overcoming security hurdles to push engineering velocity

stevi-deter
Stevi Deter
Micheal Stahnke
Michael Stahnke
+2 more
47 mins
How to break out of the thread of doom
28 Jul 2021 Article

How to break out of the thread of doom

Tanya Reilly
Tanya Reilly
7 mins
Why the first two weeks are essential when building great software products
23 Jun 2021 Article

Why the first two weeks are essential when building great software products

Cindy-Anne Lewis
Cindy-Anne Lewis
3 mins
Debugging engineering teams: Groundhog Day
28 Apr 2021 Article

Debugging engineering teams: Groundhog Day

Camille Fournier
Camille Fournier
6 mins
Optimizing micro-feedback loops in engineering
01 Apr 2021 Article

Optimizing micro-feedback loops in engineering

Tim Cochran
Tim Cochran
7 mins
Mapping the immovable objects in engineering projects
26 Mar 2021 Article

Mapping the immovable objects in engineering projects

Tanya Reilly
Tanya Reilly
7 mins
Learnings from 'Fostering autonomy in engineering teams'
27 Apr 2021 Article

Learnings from 'Fostering autonomy in engineering teams'

Ellie Spencer-Failes
Ellie Spencer-Failes
3 mis
Estimating your way to success
15 Feb 2021 Article

Estimating your way to success

Rod Begbie
Rod Begbie
5 mins
Designing effective OKRs
07 Apr 2020 Video

Designing effective OKRs

Heidi Waterhouse
Heidi Waterhouse
Whitney O'Banner
Whitney O'Banner
+2 more
34 mins
Creating processes that don't impede autonomy
23 Jun 2016 Video

Creating processes that don't impede autonomy

Duretti Hirpa
Duretti Hirpa
21 mins
Intro to test-driven development
06 Dec 2018 Video

Intro to test-driven development

Jaime Lopez Jr
Jaime Lopez Jr
9 mins
Tackling Big, Impossible Projects
06 Dec 2018 Video

Tackling Big, Impossible Projects

Michele Tito
Michele Titolo
10 mins
Revitalizing a cross-functional product organization
24 Apr 2018 Video

Revitalizing a cross-functional product organization

Lara Hogan
Lara Hogan
Deepa Subramaniam
Deepa Subramaniam
43 mins
Collaborative debugging on engineering teams
24 Apr 2018 Video

Collaborative debugging on engineering teams

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Jackie Luo
9 mins
How to measure and improve success in your engineering team
23 Nov 2020 Article

How to measure and improve success in your engineering team

Eric Rabinovich
Eric Rabinovich
15 mins
The health of your business depends on the health of your engineering team
09 Nov 2020 Article

The health of your business depends on the health of your engineering team

Hillary Nussbaum
Hillary Nussbaum
3 mins
Using metrics to remove bottlenecks and support your team
22 Oct 2020 Article

Using metrics to remove bottlenecks and support your team

Hillary Nussbaum
Hillary Nussbaum
4 mins
Tell better stories with observability
13 Oct 2020 Article

Tell better stories with observability

Elizabeth Carretto
Elizabeth Carretto
6 mins
Preventing process deadlock
07 Oct 2020 Article

Preventing process deadlock

Victor Vu
Victor Vu
7 mins
Adopting an experimentation philosophy
21 Oct 2020 Article

Adopting an experimentation philosophy

Justina Nguyen
Justina Nguyen
5 mins
Hypothesis-driven development
26 Aug 2020 Article

Hypothesis-driven development

Rod Begbie
Rod Begbie
7 mins
Finding your groove: how to build your team’s operational cadence
10 Aug 2020 Article

Finding your groove: how to build your team’s operational cadence

Daniel Pupius photo
Daniel Pupius
8 mins
Learning from incidents: from 'what went wrong?' to 'what went right?'
06 Dec 2019 Video

Learning from incidents: from 'what went wrong?' to 'what went right?'

Nick Stenning
Nick Stenning
29 mins
Breaking down silos for better collaboration
06 Dec 2019 Video

Breaking down silos for better collaboration

Elin Nilsson
Elin Nilsson
Raul Herbster
Raul Herbster
10 mins
Unlocking success: the components of high-performing teams
08 Nov 2019 Video

Unlocking success: the components of high-performing teams

Lisa van Gelder
Lisa Van Gelder
28 mins
Engaging your engineering team to achieve high performance faster
11 Jun 2019 Video

Engaging your engineering team to achieve high performance faster

José Caldeira
José Caldeira
11 mins
Eiffel's Tower
11 Jun 2019 Video

Eiffel's Tower

Nickolas Means
Nickolas Means
38 mins
Business as usual vs. innovation: how to get the balance right
12 Jun 2019 Video

Business as usual vs. innovation: how to get the balance right

Jonathan Stott
Jonathan Stott
27 mins
The surprisingly high cost of multitasking (and how to avoid it)
07 Sep 2022 Article

The surprisingly high cost of multitasking (and how to avoid it)

Sara Sparrow
Sara Sparrow
6 mins
Balancing delivery speed with engineering health
10 Feb 2022 Article

Balancing delivery speed with engineering health

Claire Tran
Claire Tran
13 mins
Preventing burnout while shipping faster
01 Jul 2021 Article

Preventing burnout while shipping faster

Junade Ali
Junade Ali
5 mins
Don’t cross the Rubicon: engineering practices you don’t want to delay
15 Apr 2021 Article

Don’t cross the Rubicon: engineering practices you don’t want to delay

Manasi Kulkarni
Manasi Kulkarni
11 mins
Five ways data make engineering teams stronger
08 Mar 2021 Article

Five ways data make engineering teams stronger

Jeremy Morgan
Jeremy Morgan
12 mins
Taking risks in production
07 Apr 2020 Video

Taking risks in production

Leemay Nassery
Leemay Nassery
Matthew Hawthorne
Matthew Hawthorne
26 mins
Failing smarter and learning faster in engineering
08 Jun 2017 Video

Failing smarter and learning faster in engineering

Kevin Goldsmith
Kevin Goldsmith
29 mins
Building Engineering Teams Under Pressure
06 Dec 2018 Video

Building Engineering Teams Under Pressure

Julia Grace
Julia Grace
32 mins
Learnings from 'Deconstructing engineering velocity'
12 Apr 2021 Article

Learnings from 'Deconstructing engineering velocity'

Ellie Spencer-Failes
Ellie Spencer-Failes
3 mins
How to avoid alert fatigue
28 Oct 2020 Article

How to avoid alert fatigue

Serhat Can
Serhat Can
6 mins
How to develop engineering metrics with people, process, and tools in mind
12 Oct 2020 Article

How to develop engineering metrics with people, process, and tools in mind

Dalia Havens
Dalia Havens
8 mins
Building stronger teams with AB testing
07 Oct 2020 Article

Building stronger teams with AB testing

Jason van der Merwe
Jason van der Merwe
7 mins
Debugging engineering velocity and leading high-performing teams
10 Aug 2020 Article

Debugging engineering velocity and leading high-performing teams

smruti patel
Smruti Patel
14 mins
Solutions for creating and managing inclusive projects
08 Nov 2019 Video

Solutions for creating and managing inclusive projects

Yvette Pegues Ed.D.(c)
Yvette Pegues
26 mins
Engage your engineers by giving them 10% time
11 Jun 2019 Video

Engage your engineers by giving them 10% time

Kate Beard
Kate Beard
11 mins
Travel through time and break free from rigid working cultures
12 Jun 2019 Video

Travel through time and break free from rigid working cultures

Dr. Sal Freudenberg
Sal Freudenberg
Clare Sudbery
Clare Sudbery
31 mins

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