James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

This is a talk about what you do, as VP of Engineering, when somebody asks for the impossible. turn right] How are you measuring productivity? We use Extreme Programming as our model of how to develop software. To help change the engineering culture, weve defined a lot of skills around communication and teamwork.

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Gitprime

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In this Perspectives in Engineering interview series, engineering leaders talk about how to build, coach, and scale world-class technology teams. Saminda Wijegunawardena , VP of Engineering at Box, calls this increasing distance “abstraction.” Integrate mentorship into regular contributions.

Part-Time VPE 45

Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE Weak Development Team Culture 45

Apiumhub

JULY 16, 2019

In this book she shares essential skills of a master explorer, including how to analyze software to discover key points of vulnerability, how to design experiments on the fly, how to hone your observation skills, and how to focus your efforts. LinkedIn. . 2 – Mala Gupta. 4 – Lisa Crispin.

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James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

How to Be Agile. Choose one of the rough edges, make an educated guess about how to improve, observe what happens, and repeat. Ensure each team includes a coach who can teach Focusing practices. Ensure each team includes a coach who can teach Delivering practices. What does it mean to “be Agile?”. Then customize.

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Agile How To Weak Development Team Part-Time VPE 103

Honeycomb

AUGUST 19, 2022

And in a moment where it was as hard as ever to hire and retain talented software engineers, our software systems also continued to grow more and more complicated. These constraints incentivized managers to think hard about how to retain and grow their best senior engineers. Engineering manager’s Bill of Rights.

Engineering 145

Engineering Part-Time VPE CTO Coach Engineering Management 145

James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Here’s how they apply to Agile: 1 Steven Smith has a good article on the Satir model at [link] that includes tips for helping team members through each stage. Everyone knows what’s expected of them and how to do their job. Help people understand how to do their job in the changed environment. If not, you can hire consultants.

Agile 94

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Gitprime

MARCH 13, 2019

You can watch the entire webinar here , or read on for six highlights from the discussion with Randy Shoup , the VP of Engineering at WeWork; Cornelia Davis , the Senior Director of Technology at Pivotal; and Saminda Wijegunawardena , the Vice President of Engineering at Box. Where do you put the contracts in place?

Part-Time VPE 58

Part-Time VPE Engineering Weak Development Team Fractional VPE 58