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Engineering Management IV: MVPs

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One of the biggest traps for any team is confusing progress with movement. It's easy to stay busy, harder to stay focused. As managers, part of our role is to help our teams create value fast enough to learn, but not so fast that we lose direction. This is where the concept of the MVP, or Minimum Viable Product, becomes a practical tool for alignment and learning.

Engineering Management V: Connecting the dots

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Every engineering manager starts with the same instinct: to solve problems. It is what made you good as an engineer, and what first earned you trust as a leader. But as your scope grows, the definition of what it means to solve problems must change. Your role is no longer to fix issues directly, but to ensure the team can fix them without you.