Practical Guide for Technical Leaders

Motivation

Introduction

Product

Early days

MVP

Roadmap

Product Lifecycle

Team lifecycle

Planning

Sprints

Backlogs and debt

Engineering team

Outsourcing

Hiring

Training and development

Onboarding

Great individual contributors

Becoming a manger

Communication

One-on-ones

All hands

What went wrong?

When to let go

Code, architecture and other magical creatures

Code ownership

Quality

Testing

Test-driven Devepment

Unit and end-to-end tests and coverage

Tools and providers

Choosing the right tools

Cost management

In-house vs existing products