@maltzj 23 You Engineer 1 Engineer 2 Engineer 2 Team Lead What should we do next? Is your technical bar high? What should we do next? What should we do next?
@maltzj 24 You Engineering Manager Engineer 1 Engineer 2 Engineer 2 Team Lead What should we do next? Is your technical bar high? Are you being fair? What should we do next? What should we do next?
@maltzj 25 You Engineering Manager Engineer 1 Engineer 2 Engineer 2 Team Lead What should we do next? Is your technical bar high? Are you being fair? What should we do next? What should we do next? Product Manager Can we get it sooner?
@maltzj 26 You Engineering Manager Engineer 1 Engineer 2 Engineer 2 Team Lead What should we do next? Is your technical bar high? Are you being fair? What should we do next? What should we do next? Product Manager Can we get it sooner? Other Project Leads Can you unblock us?
@maltzj ● What does your product owner want to build? ● Why do they want it built? ● What's the core of this feature? ● What's less important? 4 Key Questions 36
@maltzj 61 You Engineering Manager Product Manager Engineer 1 Other Project Leads Engineer 2 Engineer 2 Team Lead What should we do next? Is your technical bar high? Can we get it sooner? Are you being fair? Can you unblock us? What should we do next? What should we do next?
@maltzj ● Daily standups (sync or async) ● 1:1 with your product manager every 2 weeks ● 1:1s with people on your team every 2-3 weeks ● Regular meeting (default 2 weeks) to agree on next priorities Meetings 75
@maltzj ● Confusion about what to work on next ○ Have you prioritized your backlog well enough? ● People are confused about progress ○ Are you updating your per-sprint progress? Failure modes 80
@maltzj ● Confusion about what to work on next ○ Have you prioritized your backlog well enough? ● People are confused about progress ○ Are you updating your per-sprint progress? ● Team is working hard but not hitting milestones Failure modes 81
@maltzj ● Confusion about what to work on next ○ Have you prioritized your backlog well enough? ● People are confused about progress ○ Are you updating your per-sprint progress? ● Team is working hard but not hitting milestones ○ Are you actually doing work on the milestone? ○ Are you trying to do too many things? Failure modes 82