Ian NowlandConfiguration Should Be Treated Like CodeAmazon.com 2007 — My introduction to “servware”9 min read·Oct 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…12 min read·Oct 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…5 min read·Aug 30, 2022--1--1
Ian NowlandManaging Systems Engineers(or devops engineers, or production engineers, or systems development engineers, or SRE-SE, or cloud engineers, etc)14 min read·Jan 18, 2021----
Ian NowlandMinimize Functional Hierarchies in Agile Software Development1. Overview13 min read·Jan 12, 2021----
Ian NowlandManagement Area 4: People, Subpart 2 — Managing to MotivationsWhy optimizing for business value is not the right thing for the business8 min read·Aug 20, 2019----
Ian NowlandManagement Area 4: People, Part 1 — Understanding MotivationsIt’s all about having authentically honest 1:1s9 min read·Aug 7, 2019--1--1
Ian NowlandManagement Area 3: OperationsIs the built thing going to keep running?14 min read·May 12, 2019----
Ian NowlandManagement Area 2: ExecutionHow are things getting built on time and within budget?6 min read·Apr 29, 2019----