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Leading Effective Engineering Teams: Lessons for Individual Contributors and Managers from 10 Years at Google
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In this insightful and comprehensive guide, Addy Osmani shares more than a decade of experience working on the Chrome team at Google, uncovering secrets to engineering effectiveness, efficiency, and team success. Engineers and engineering leaders looking to scale their effectiveness and drive transformative results within their teams and organizations will learn the essential principles, tips, and frameworks for building highly effective engineering teams.
Osmani presents best practices and proven strategies that foster engineering excellence in organizations of all sizes. Through practical advice and real-world examples, Leading Effective Engineering Teams empowers you to create a thriving engineering culture where individuals and teams can excel. Unlock the full potential of your engineering team and achieve unparalleled success by harnessing the power of trust, commitment, and accountability.
With this book, you'll discover:
- The essential traits for engineering effectiveness and the pitfalls to avoid
- How to cultivate trust, commitment, and accountability within your team
- Strategies to minimize friction, optimize career growth, and deliver maximum value
- The dynamics of highly successful engineering teams and how to replicate their achievements
- How to implement a systems thinking approach for everyday problem-solving and decision-making
- Self-advocacy techniques to enhance your team's visibility and recognition within the organization
- ISBN-10109814824X
- ISBN-13978-1098148249
- Edition1st
- PublisherO'Reilly Media
- Publication dateJuly 16, 2024
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
- Print length276 pages
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Project Aristotle identified five key dynamics that contribute to the success of software engineering teams. These are listed next in the order of their importance:
Psychological safety: This was the most important factor identified by the researchers. It refers to the extent to which team members feel comfortable expressing their opinions and ideas without fear of retribution or criticism. Teams that have high levels of psychological safety tend to be more innovative and take more risks, which can lead to better outcomes. The researchers found that when teams feel safe, they:
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Dependability: This refers to the extent to which team members can rely on each other to complete their work and meet deadlines. Teams in which individuals trust each other to be dependable are more likely to be efficient and effective in their work.
Structure and clarity: These are conditions under which team members clearly understand the project’s goals and their own individual roles and responsibilities. Team members who clearly understand what is expected of them tend to be more productive and focused.
Meaning: This refers to the extent to which team members feel that their work is meaningful and has a purpose. Teams with a strong sense of purpose tend to be more motivated and engaged.
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| What is it? | A practical guide to becoming a well-rounded, career-minded, and resilient engineering leader. | A research-backed guide to the essential principles, tips, and frameworks for building highly effective engineering teams. | A practical guide to crafting engineering strategy from first principles. | A primer on how to obtain your first executive job and quickly ramp up to meet the challenges you may not have encountered in non-executive roles. | A guide to successfully navigating the different steps involved in transitioning from engineer to manager. | A guide for growing as a technical expert and leader beyond the management track. |
| What you'll learn | How to rethink career goals; tips on self-management; how to create healthy, diverse, and autonomous teams. | What traits relate to engineering effectiveness; how to build trust and accountability within your team; how the most effective engineering teams work. | How to create, test, and refine effective engineering strategies, including with modeling and mapping, with insight from company examples. | How to get an executive job and what to do you in your first 90 days. How to run a planning process, conduct core meetings, create a tech strategy, and manage yourself effectively. | How to manage individuals, teams, multiple teams, and managers. How to be thoughtful about the culture of your engineering team. | How to understand your role, master strategic thinking, drive big projects, and make everyone around you better. |
| Who is this book for? | Managers looking for a model for how to balance personal and team needs. | Technical leaders and managers who want to build effective software engineering teams. | Senior eng. leaders and Staff+ engineers responsible for creating and leading strategy. | Anyone in an engineering executive role, or anyone attempting to reach their first executive role. | New or aspiring managers who need to get situated in their new role and learn, for the first time, how to lead teams. | Staff and principal engineers looking to better understand and grow in their roles. |
| Who else is it for? | Aspiring managers and individual contributors who want a better understanding of how things work. | Individual contributors who want evidence-based guidance to improve their effectiveness. | Engineers at any level wanting to understand and think more deeply about strategy. | Anyone trying to better understand the engineering executive they work with. | Experienced managers looking for guidance on how to deal with common problems in engineering management. | Junior engineers interested in career growth on the individual contributor track. |
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- Publisher : O'Reilly Media
- Publication date : July 16, 2024
- Edition : 1st
- Language : English
- Print length : 276 pages
- ISBN-10 : 109814824X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1098148249
- Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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About the author

Addy Osmani is an engineering leader working on Google Chrome. He leads up Chrome's Developer Experience organization, helping reduce the friction for developers to build great user experiences. Addy has authored several books on building and optimizing web applications, based on his experience working with some of the world's largest sites.




















