I wonder if that question could be counterbalanced with “How did that other non-incident produce desired outcomes and how do we ensure those learnings are preserved?”
“Once all the activities of the value stream are visible, conversations can occur across teams, leading to improvements.”
Rowing in the Same Direction: Use Value Streams to Align Work | AgileConnection https://www.agileconnection.com/article/rowing-same-direction-use-value-streams-align-work
Reminder that people complete the system design. They find ways to optimize within constraints that they perceive to be beyond their ability to change.
https://overcast.fm/+tF0BFJunc
“In my experience when people do not work out it’s often because they are not actually set up for success. Their strengths do not align with the incentives the network creates or network structures play into their weaknesses.” https://bellmar.medium.com/engineering-teams-are-just-networks-1fc16058879a
“I understood, even at the time, that a focus on the narrowest components of execution can be a huge problem for greater success.” https://twitter.com/niallm/status/1513531939302649858
“Engineers face today problems that were unknown in engineering a few years ago. Use of automatic machinery, complex apparatus, automation, can only be useful with better understanding of statistical methods.”
“The focus now isn’t so much on when people are working, or even where, but rather on how people can work better.”
The Rise of the Triple Peak Day https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/triple-peak-day?utm_campaign=Level%20Up&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
“[I]t isn’t always obvious which service is the source of problems in the overall system, or there’s an interaction problem between multiple services, or both.”
Making operational work more visible · GitHub https://github.com/readme/guides/ops-work-visible
“Perhaps the question should be more nuanced: ‘Is there a particular level of engineering leadership where my ability to write code is no longer relevant?’ Now that’s a great question!”
Should engineering managers write code? | LeadDev https://leaddev.com/skills-new-managers/should-engineering-managers-write-code
“It’s extremely rare to hear about case studies of engineering leaders who’ve been wildly successful in an organization replicate the same success every time they change jobs.”
Why Success Is Often Elusive at the Highest Echelons | by Cindy Sridharan https://copyconstruct.medium.com/why-success-is-often-elusive-at-the-highest-echelons-3e02e4dd3e7f
“What your team, and your culture, needs out of a project manager is entirely dependent on the people, the team, the culture, the projects, and this moment in time.”
Entropy Crushers – Rands in Repose https://randsinrepose.com/archives/entropy-crushers/
Dear LazyWeb: who are your favorite people (ex: @copyconstruct), resources & mechanisms to help newer engineers discover cool papers/posts/conferences?
“There’s one more property of software, even harder to measure, and even more important than any of these—because it’s how we can get to any of these other properties.”
Five Measurements You Should Make and Then Ignore (Plus One to Watch Intently) https://jessitron.com/2022/04/23/five-measurements-you-should-make-and-then-ignore-plus-one-to-watch-intently/
