Cross-posted from https://eng.hudya.io/how-we-launched-electricity-services-in-eight-weeks/, original post from Sept 2017 Hudya Engineering is all about building a digital platform for multiple services for regular people’s homes and families, and to do that for Norway, Sweden, and Denmark (phase 1) in parallel. However, “a digital platform” is not something you … [Read more...] about How We Launched Electricity Services in Eight Weeks @ Hudya
Development Processes
Don’t Try to Innovate on Your Entire Business Model in The Existing Organisation
Much is written about how to innovate in tech. Still, it boils down to the simple ability of individuals to focus on and prioritise the right things on a day to day basis, and that other people in other functions prioritise not only the same right things but also at the SAME TIME! This is where most organisations fail. In Are You Lost in All the Priorities, I wrote about a … [Read more...] about Don’t Try to Innovate on Your Entire Business Model in The Existing Organisation
Five Basic Skill Sets Needed to Become A Senior Software Developer
Before junior software developers can start advancing their career, there are some fundamental skills they need to have in place. This seems to be sort of magic for most, so I share here a way of thinking about developing yourself based on the expectations I have to my teams. By understanding the expectations we have to the more senior engineers in five key areas, as well as … [Read more...] about Five Basic Skill Sets Needed to Become A Senior Software Developer
Are You Lost In All The High Priorities?
As software product organisations grow, they can become the victims of their own sales success. Many high-priority customers and features put pressure on the engineering organisation to deliver, but even when using all the traditional ways to prioritise and optimise execution, you feel progress is slow and the overall "delightfulness" of your product is not what it should … [Read more...] about Are You Lost In All The High Priorities?
The Program Manager in the Agile/DevOps Organisation
This is another post in my series on transitioning from waterfall to agile and devops processes. This post covers the program manager role, a rather unassuming role in some organisations, an important role in others, but nevertheless a role where the right person can potentially make a big impact. There are a few different types of program managers, so let me be clear on the … [Read more...] about The Program Manager in the Agile/DevOps Organisation
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