February 2024
In this edition of the get STACKED newsletter we have an ask from our readers.? We just launched an engineering productivity survey to learn about how organizations are thinking about and measuring productivity in engineering.? We would love to hear from you!? The survey takes about ten minutes and for your time we'll send you an Amazon gift card and donate $1 per response to TableRaleigh.org, an organization that fights food insecurity.? Please take a moment to complete the survey and share with your colleagues!
?? Industry Happenings
There’s a method to developing great teams. It doesn’t depend on a manager, or any formal leadership title. You can effect change as a leader at any level. Jacob Bennet, Staff engineer @ Medium discusses taking a team from "good" to "great".
Last week Gartner announced their new developer experience assessment tool, citing the rapid increase in inquiries about DevEx, one of the Top Strategic Trend for Software Engineering.
The podcast we have been binge listening.? Each week they feature the best in the business and discuss how to take your dev team to the next level.
?? Stacking UP- From the Allstacks Team
Last month we made our software R&D cost capitalization tool generally available.? Now we have best practices and more on the topic in this brand new whitepaper.
For organizations that deliver software, a key measure of success is the value you deliver to customers. Even if you are an internal or service organization, your north star should be the amount of value you are delivering to your stakeholders. But how do you measure this?
In post three of four Dr Krishna Kumar digs into the elements of building effective Value Stream Management program.
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You can easily add dynamic filters to your Portfolio Report to track your key initiatives without having to create them in Jira or Azure DevOps by grouping disparate, but related, items directly in Allstacks. Here's how:
What ways are your teams using Dynamic Filter Sets to customize your Portfolio Report? Do you have specific filters that you use on a daily basis? Let us know!
??? Community Spotlight
Ron Pragides lives in San Francisco. He was part of the dot-com boom in the late 1990s, and has led pre-IPO teams at: BigCommerce, Twitter, and Salesforce. Ron tenure at Salesforce included leadership roles in Engineering as well as M&A. He has recently led Engineering teams at Trustly (Open Banking payments) and Carta (equity management). Ron is also an advisor and investor in early-stage startups.
Check out Ron's blog https://mr-p.medium.com/?and give him a follow on X @mrp.
?? Things that STACK
A cairn is a human-made pile of rocks or stones that is built as a marker of something significant such as a trail, summit, or burial location. The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic:?càrn?[?k?a?r?n??]. Most folks are more familiar with land cairns, but there are also sea based cairns typically used along shores and islands and painted white to serve as navigation aids. Read more in the New World Encyclopedia.