aadilmaan

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by aadilmaan 4y ago
As an organization scales and grows, the layers through which decision making is required inevitable increase. Now, that doesn't mean you have to accept this. You have found yourself in an opportune place where you can have impact and
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by aadilmaan 5y ago
One of the interesting challenges for engineering teams is dealing with the vast amount of artifacts (meeting minutes, design docs, engineering 6pagers, reference docs etc) that get created. Here is one way to manage that information flow.
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Show HN: Integry – Native Zapier for Your SaaS(integry.io)
3 points by aadilmaan 5y ago|2 comments
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by aadilmaan 5y ago
Native Zapier for your SaaS! - Give users integrations that are beautiful with uncompromising functionality. - Create Integration Wizard, embed them in app, or roll out an entire marketplace. - No-code tools to build any workflow and low-co
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Is 2wk sprint effective? Age old agile question(buildingromes.substack.com)
1 points by aadilmaan 6y ago|0 comments
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Simple Approach to Stakeholder Management on Large Projects That Isn't Busy Work(buildingromes.substack.com)
2 points by aadilmaan 6y ago|0 comments
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
My biggest bone is exactly as you point out, how quickly or how large is our bug pile never reflects the end outcome. Numbers can be skewed and the really smart leaders dig deeper and only use the numbers as a indicator never the diagnoses.
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Why Quant KPIs are never enough to diagnose engineering team performance issues(buildingromes.substack.com)
2 points by aadilmaan 6y ago|3 comments
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
This is such a great way to keep the sword sharpened. I am really excited to see and quite inspiring that the author even embarked on this mission.
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Inside View – How to Stay Flat Like Apple and Innovate(buildingromes.substack.com)
1 points by aadilmaan 6y ago|0 comments
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
This is a really great rule of thumb. This stems from managers wanting to play an "active" role in solution because they have been asked to "lead". It sucks. When you are brainstorming you need meetings but if you push i
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Notes on Effective Release Planning(buildingromes.substack.com)
1 points by aadilmaan 6y ago|0 comments
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
Thank you for sharing that.
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Show HN: Built a Pert Chart File in Figma(figma.com)
1 points by aadilmaan 6y ago|1 comments
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
I’m on a quest to learn Figma in and out and for me building things I need or want to use helps me learn better. So, here is an enhanced PERT chart file that you can duplicate and try out in Figma yourself. It’s a work in progress, great f
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
Indeeeed!
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
best analogy ever. What is more important to you?
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Ask HN: What is the diff between engineering team efficiency or effectiveness?
1 points by aadilmaan 6y ago|4 comments
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
I have toyed with providing a confidence indicator with each date but % or these average numbers are rife for interpretation. What has worked for me is highlight the eta then state the hard facts - these dates are based on the following ass
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Ask HN: What KPIs/indicators do you use to measure engineering team efficiency
2 points by aadilmaan 6y ago|0 comments
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
I am focusing more on building things with tools I have never used before. Constantly retrospecting my choices in professional and personal life to find ways to do things better. Also the usual - reading books, blogs, following better and s
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Observations on Consequences of Short-Term Thinking in Technology Organizations(buildingromes.substack.com)
13 points by aadilmaan 6y ago|0 comments
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
We all have our vices! Sometimes we power trip and that’s when we become a hinderance rather than enabler of progress.
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
Good for you. Small meetings and breakout sessions are more effective than absurd BFM :). What is your ideal small size meeting, hypothetically speaking, or when does it become a crowd?
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
Hmm, I will put this on my list of the worst piece of nonsense written to date. Not gonna lie, feeling mighty embarrassed right now. But, learning opportunity as this is probably the most honest feedback I have ever read. Much work to do st
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Developing a Shared Organizational Consciousness Requires Big Fucking Meetings(buildingromes.substack.com)
12 points by aadilmaan 6y ago|12 comments
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by aadilmaan 6y ago
Everyone hates them; they often are poorly run. But, in a complex, interconnected, and now remote world - I believe we need more bigger meetings not less. Just hear me out...
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by aadilmaan 11y ago
And they say immigrants have no value...