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I don't get it. How did you get to 300 projects with only 40 engineers? Sounds like you have no strategy at all.

• danielmarkbruce 4y ago
  It's company wide - many things which aren't the product still require or affect engineerinig. I'd bet that almost every company with 40 engineers has 300+ projects. Every company I ever worked at tried to do waaaayyyyy too much at once. It might be the single biggest problem in business. Steve Jobs is lauded for his design skills, but I'd guess it was the focus thing which made the difference. Warren Buffett similar. Bill Gates too. They have all commented on it, and it rings true to anyone who has spent time in a few businesses.
  • dhzhzjsbevs 4y ago
    The only context to that 30 number given was the 40 engineers. It's highly likely they're all engineering projects. But to be fair, even if they have a 10:1 ratio of non devs that's still what 300 projects across < 500 people? That's way too much. I get pissy at product when they try to give us more than one goal per sprint. If someone tried to give us multiple projects I'd laugh at them and ask them why they're cancelling the active one.
    • danielmarkbruce 4y ago
      You don't have a backlog? He was listing every project the company was planning to do. If you go through your backlog you'll find over 100, without fail. And, yes, it's way too much. Which was the entire point.