DevOps

Writing technical standards people follow

Most technical standards I have encountered were written once, read twice, and ignored. Not out of rebellion. The document was forty pages, it did n…

Your Engineering Dashboard May Be Lying to You

Your Engineering Dashboard May Be Lying to You Velocity is up. Automation coverage is up. Code coverage is up. Defects are down. Everything looks gr…

The Ecology of Engineering Teams

Over the past several weeks, I've introduced five engineering archetypes that I've encountered throughout my career: The Gardener The Mason The Blac…

Archetype: The Bear Killer

Years ago, an old boss described a friend of mine in a way I've never forgotten. Whenever a team ran into a problem they couldn't solve—or had simpl…