Yes, we know, we have to deliver value to the customer. But delivering value depends on knowing the customers needs. How to support developers to have a line of sight to the customers? let the product managers share their knowledge with the develope...
As a team lead, handling interruptions effectively is crucial for maintaining productivity and keeping your team on track. Here are three aspects to consider when dealing with interruptions: Prioritize and delegate Tasks: One of the most important a...
Effective communication skills are key to resolving conflicts and achieving lasting outcomes. Teams need to be able to clearly formulate their ideas and opinions while also being able to listen and respond to others in a respectful and professional m...
Demonstrating empathy is an essential building block for maintaining trust and connections with team members. Sincere empathy is essential for effective conflict resolution. Empathy, clarity and goal-oriented action are not contradictory. By putting ...
A key habit of team leaders in conflict resolution is to listen actively to all parties involved, paying close attention to their perspectives, needs and concerns. The creation of a trusting atmosphere of the conversation is necessary of course. By d...
Yes - if you are in a leadership position. But how to measure your work? Measuring coding seems to be easier, because the metric seems to be more evident: How much code is contributed? How well is the test coverage? How many projects are delivered...
Psychological safety is one of the most important habits a team has to establish: Being always on the same side even if the teammates disagree, contribute controversial ideas and make mistakes: Give space for trying and failing Communicate clear ex...
Port your code if you want to introduce new frameworks or switch to new programming languages. By porting your code base or parts of it your tech base will be up to date. As far as possible keep your classes and components during porting. Refactoring...
Rewriting code is throwing away old code, it is not improving it. Rewriting code is hard, because starting a complex system from scratch often fails, because complex systems have to evolve from simple systems over time. In most of the cases you want ...