Remote engineering management managing an engineering team in a remote-first world
Managing an engineering team is hard, managing a remote engineering team is even harder--but dedicating effort to setting up a proper remote-first environment will allow for your team to thrive. This book breaks down the most important processes in engineering teams, and demonstrates how to make the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, California :
Apress
[2022]
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009672607306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Hiring
- The Job Application Form
- The Screening Call
- Panel Interviews
- Asynchronous Technical Test
- How to Schedule Interviews
- What to Do When Technology Fails
- A New Set of Biases
- Bias #1: Internet Quality
- Bias #2: Video Call Backgrounds
- Bias #3: Noise
- Winning People Over When They Have Multiple Offers
- Takeaways from This Chapter
- Chapter 2: Onboarding
- The Week Before
- Welcome Email
- Onboarding Buddies
- Putting It All Together
- The First Week
- Creating a Welcoming Environment
- Setting and Managing Expectations
- Working on Building Social Connections
- Familiarizing Them with the Way of Working
- Putting It All Together
- Beyond Week One
- One-on-Ones
- Simple Tickets
- Deploying Code
- Pull Requests
- The Importance of Feedback
- Takeaways from This Chapter
- Chapter 3: Meetings
- How to Schedule a Great Meeting
- Name/Description
- Attendees
- Date/Time
- Length
- Team Retrospectives/Brainstorming
- Days 1-2: Asynchronous
- Days 3-4: Asynchronous
- Day 5: Synchronous
- Team Building
- Games
- Escape Rooms
- Live Creative Experiences
- Watch-n-Learn
- Good Old-Fashioned Social Hour
- The "Stand-Up"
- Takeaways from This Chapter
- Chapter 4: One-on-Ones
- An Introduction to One-on-Ones
- The Benefits of One-on-Ones
- Remote One-on-Ones
- Why One-on-Ones Are Better When Remote
- How to Structure Your One-on-Ones
- The Importance of a Shared Meeting Agenda
- Types of One-on-Ones
- The First One-on-One
- The Feedback One-on-One
- The Social One-on-One
- The Peer One-on-One
- The Manager One-on-One
- Troubleshooting and Mistakes
- When There's "Nothing to Talk About"
- "We'll Talk As Needed"
- The Emotional Overload
- Takeaways from This Chapter.
- Chapter 5: Deploys
- Getting Everyone on the Same Page
- Managing the Emotional Chaos of Deploys
- The New Team Member
- Situation
- Solution
- The QA Analyst's Bug Reports
- Situation
- Solution
- The Rush for Last-Minute Code
- Situation
- Solution
- Forgetting About Time Zones
- Situation
- Solution
- Should I Stay or Should I Go?
- Situation
- Solution
- The Day After
- Situation
- Solution
- Takeaways from This Chapter
- Chapter 6: Communication Strategies
- Staying Updated
- Unstructured Written Communication
- Cyclic Written Check-Ins
- Recurring Meetings
- In Summary
- Types of Calls
- Video On or Off?
- The Benefits of Voice-Only
- How to Get Started with Voice Chat
- Embracing Async
- Takeaways from This Chapter
- Chapter 7: Feedback and Promotions
- How to Give Great Feedback
- Choosing the Appropriate Delivery Method
- Structuring Feedback to Be Effective
- After Delivering Feedback
- Creating a Culture of Feedback
- How to Receive Feedback
- Being Transparent
- Ensuring That Promotions Are Fair
- Learning About the Hidden Work
- Promotion Negotiation
- Announcing Promotions
- Takeaways from This Chapter
- Chapter 8: Burnout
- What Is Burnout?
- How to Spot Burnout in Your Team
- Look Out for: Communication Patterns
- Look Out for: Work Patterns
- Look Out for: Engagement Patterns
- How to Talk About It
- How to Spot Burnout in YOU
- The Importance of Filling Your Own Cup
- Preventing Burnout
- Reduce Notifications
- Work Life and Personal Life Separation
- Time Away from Work
- Talk About It
- Takeaways from This Chapter
- Chapter 9: Saying Goodbye
- Employee Termination
- Performance Expectations
- Goals and Performance Improvement Plans
- Understanding the Underlying Situation
- Communication As a Vital Skill
- The Goodbye Conversation
- Announcing Departures.
- Involuntary Departures
- Voluntary Departures
- Offboarding
- Knowledge Transfer
- Exit Interviews
- Takeaways from This Chapter
- Index.
