Communicating with your engineering team

Building upon the communication principles from earlier in this chapter, engineering teams have interests and priorities. Just like other audiences, we want to have empathy for these needs and tailor our communications to them, as well as determine what we believe they need to know to do their work and grow as engineers. To do this, let’s go through the key communication touchpoints with our teams: one-on-one meetings, group meetings, and personal commitments.

One-on-one meetings

One-on-one meetings are standard practice for convening individually with a member of your engineering team or with others. These meetings are most often held at regular intervals as a means of catching up and privately exchanging information and feedback. They are typically scheduled for around 30 to 60 minutes and may or may not include project updates, along with general discussion.

When schedules are busy and teams are large, it can sometimes be...