Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

Communication Dictates Software Design

If you get communication right within a department, there’s a wealth of benefit to be had. Notably:

• Individuals are aligned with the collective purpose and vision supporting what is being built, and each individual understands the part that they and their team are playing toward achieving it.

• The department learns collectively as progress and new discoveries are shared, individuals normalize on best practice, and mistakes generate better ways of approaching those situations in the future.

• Individuals feel engaged and motivated, since they have maximal opportunities for learning from others and also broadcasting what they have learned.

However, doing it right is tough. We touched upon the difficulty ...