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Every now and then I have to ask my PM at work "If I give you a second copy of the Mythical Man Month, could you read it twice as fast"? He doesn't like that q
by bluefirebrand 3y ago
Every now and then I have to ask my PM at work "If I give you a second copy of the Mythical Man Month, could you read it twice as fast"?
He doesn't like that question, but it does get the point across
- jiggawatts 3y agoI’m stealing that quote for my own purposes. I hope you don’t mind.
- q7xvh97o2pDhNrh 2y agoWhat you really need to do is schedule daily status meetings, a longer weekly status meeting, and -- this is the real velocity trick -- monthly OKR reviews as well as quarterly slide presentations. It's important the slide deck be polished for all the people who want to come learn about the project, so it makes sense to spend at least a month preparing it. And the neat thing is that all this work will get you lots of suggestions from executives about how you could address all the velocity issues that your project seems to have all the time! So you'd better budget 2-4 weeks after the presentation to follow up, have stakeholder meetings, and make sure everyone really feels heard. With just these few simple techniques, you too can get your engineers moving at the blinding speed of an average FAANG engineering team.