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Engineering Manager's Handbook

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Product type Book

Published in Sep 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803235356

Pages 278 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Author (1):

Morgan Evans

Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: The Case for Engineering Management

2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Engineering Management

3. Chapter 2: Engineering Leadership Styles

4. Chapter 3: Common Failure Modes for New Engineering Managers

5. Part 2: Engineering

6. Chapter 4: Leading Architecture

7. Chapter 5: Project Planning and Delivery

8. Chapter 6: Supporting Production Systems

9. Part 3: Managing

10. Chapter 7: Working Cross-Functionally

11. Chapter 8: Communicating with Authority

12. Chapter 9: Assessing and Improving Team Performance

13. Chapter 10: Fostering Accountability

14. Chapter 11: Managing Risk

15. Part 4: Transitioning

16. Chapter 12: Resilient Leadership

17. Chapter 13: Scaling Your Team

18. Chapter 14: Changing Priorities, Company Pivots, and Reorgs

19. Part 5: Long-Term Strategies

20. Chapter 15: Retaining Talent

21. Chapter 16: Team Design and More

22. Index

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Recruiting and hiring

Recruiting and hiring are some of the most impactful activities we undertake as engineering managers. The new employees that we source and select for our teams will shape our work practices and end products for a long time to come, possibly well after we are no longer leading the team. They will make decisions that determine how we solve problems and eventually grow into the future leaders of our systems. Because of this, it is crucial that we make the best possible hires.

During recruiting and hiring for new positions, it is common for the demands of the process to dominate your schedule. This process will often leave you with little time for the rest of your responsibilities. These demands on your schedule, along with organizational pressure to fill open roles quickly, may encourage you to make hiring decisions too soon. While there may be pressure to rapidly fill open positions, there will be even more pressure if you end up with the wrong hires on your...

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Authors (1)

Morgan Evans

Morgan Evans has been leading web and native app engineering teams since 2010. Having held senior engineering leadership roles at complex media and technology organizations, the author knows first hand how to lead challenging projects at high scale with demanding stakeholders and vocal customers. Evans has an educational background in social psychology and information architecture, lending a unique perspective to the book. She has been working on development teams delivering consumer and b2b digital products for 18 years.

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