The Software Engineer's Guidebook

CHAPTER 16

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

At high-growth startups and in Big Tech it’s common for engineers of all levels to lead engineering projects. As an engineer, building up the skills for this is important in order to grow into senior and staff roles.

As a tech lead or an engineer acting as one, leading projects is a regular task. So, how do you do this efficiently and with confidence?

In this chapter, we cover:

1. Companies where engineers lead projects
2. Why do we do project management?
3. Project kickoffs and milestones
4. “Software project physics”
5. Day-to-day project management
6. Risk and dependencies
7. Wrapping up projects

1. COMPANIES WHERE ENGINEERS LEAD PROJECTS

Which tech companies empower software engineers to act as engineering ...