Engineering Management No, you're not at war. Listen to the podcast version (AI-generated)0:00/365.41× I have a strong distaste for military or police metaphors in business. Heavy use of military verbiage from leadership sends the message that you're leading from a place of assumed authority rather than earned trust, a position that
Engineering Management How should we approach estimation when it comes to bugs? Priority bugs should take priority over planned sprints, and the sprint should be adjusted accordingly (i.e. backlog items removed and rescheduled) I recently updated our bug classification guide to include this statement about P1 bugs, which prompted the question: How should we approach estimation when it comes to bugs?
Engineering Management When should I start planning items in the sprint for new team members? At what point should I start planning tasks in a sprint for the newcomers on my team? Do you multiply with some coefficient when estimating their capacity? My approach to this is that new team members can be included in planning as soon as they've completed onboarding and