Contents « Leading and Managing in Silicon Valley

This is the table of contents from the book.

Preface 1

1. Role of the Engineering Leader 5

1.1 Engineering Leader Defined   6
1.2 Becoming an Engineering Leader   10
1.3 Finding your Engineering Leader Job   20
1.4 Leaving your Job   33
1.5 Engineering Management Dashboard   38

2. Product Definition 51

2.1 Customer Understanding   52
2.2 Business Planning   62
2.3 Requirements Management   71
2.4 Product Vision and Project Vision   87
2.5 Feature Set vs. Time-to-Market   90
2.6 Encouraging Innovation vs. Tactical Objectives   96
2.7 Licensing for Royalties   106

3. Product Engineering 109

3.1 Software Engineering   110
3.2 Roles and Responsibilities   122
3.3 Development Methodologies   125
3.4 Project Management   144
3.5 Release Management   153
3.6 Maintenance and Operation   166
3.7 Builds & Tools   174
3.8 Quality Management   182
3.9 Technical Publications   197

4. People Stuff 206

4.1 Leadership, Management, and Integrity   207
4.2 Company Culture   221
4.3 Communication   232
4.4 Engineering Organization   245
4.5 Leading through Transitions   261
4.6 Recruiting   274
4.7 Talent, Compensation, Growth, and Retention   282
4.8 Firing   291
4.9 Personality Types   296
4.10 Difficult People Situations   302
4.11 Performance Management – Team   319

5. Resourcing Strategies 323

5.1 Understanding Core Competencies   324
5.2 Build vs. Buy Decisions   327
5.3 Staffing Models   330
5.4 Outsourcing for Enterprise Software   347
5.5 Development Partnerships   351
5.6 Licensing   357
5.7 Open Source Software   361

6. Managing Up and Sideways 374

6.1 Politics   376
6.2 Getting and Asking for Help   386
6.3 Managing Your CEO   390
6.4 Managing Your C-Level Peers   396
6.5 Managing Your CTO   399
6.6 Board Relationships and Communications   406