Ian NowlandConfiguration Should Be Treated Like CodeAmazon.com 2007 — My introduction to “servware”Oct 9, 2022Oct 9, 2022
Ian Nowland7 Areas Software Dev Manager Annual Review TemplateFor the last 5 years, I have been using the 7 areas of software management as a rubric for how I do annual performance reviews of…Oct 6, 2022Oct 6, 2022
Ian NowlandDear Ex-Bigco New to SmallcoWe are excited to have you here! We put a lot of emphasis in our interviewing for what people bring to the table in taking us to the next…Aug 30, 20221Aug 30, 20221
Ian NowlandManaging Systems Engineers(or devops engineers, or production engineers, or systems development engineers, or SRE-SE, or cloud engineers, etc)Jan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021
Ian NowlandMinimize Functional Hierarchies in Agile Software Development1. OverviewJan 12, 2021Jan 12, 2021
Ian NowlandManagement Area 4: People, Subpart 2 — Managing to MotivationsWhy optimizing for business value is not the right thing for the businessAug 20, 2019Aug 20, 2019
Ian NowlandManagement Area 4: People, Part 1 — Understanding MotivationsIt’s all about having authentically honest 1:1sAug 7, 20191Aug 7, 20191
Ian NowlandManagement Area 3: OperationsIs the built thing going to keep running?May 12, 2019May 12, 2019
Ian NowlandManagement Area 2: ExecutionHow are things getting built on time and within budget?Apr 29, 2019Apr 29, 2019