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September 22, 2020

Team Capacity Matrix for Capacity Building Planning

One of the key tasks of an engineering manager is to identify capacity building opportunities. My Team Capacity Matrix for Capacity Building planning can help you: Know what skills are strongest in the team Highlight capacities that need improvement Identify members of the team that can lead training sessions Identify members of the team that […]
August 28, 2020

Manage your Product Backlog with Jira

If you want to manage your Product Backlog with Jira, this is a good place to start learning what you need to make the most out of it. I will specifically go through the Product Backlog view, the list and detail view, Prioritization and Dependencies Mapping. The Product Backlog view in Jira In each project […]
August 28, 2020

Dialogflow CX: Google changes the conversational game

Google has finally brought visual flow building to Dialogflow. Before I dive deep I wanted to share these very exciting news with you and give you a sneak peak to what’s new in conversational interfaces tools. Still in Beta, Dialogflow CX comes with more advanced features like testing, and improvements in other features released over […]
August 28, 2020

Product Backlog Tools

I want to get practical and share with you the different available Product Backlog tools we can use to manage and share our plans. In a previous post I made an introduction to the definition and benefits of Product Backlogs, which may be useful if you need a little more context before we get started. […]
August 25, 2020

The 4 keys to a great Product Backlog

A Product Backlog can answer questions like: “What are we going to work on next?” “Are we set to start working on feature ABC?” “Did you know about this bug XYZ?”. This tool will be of great help getting this information to the rest of your team. What is the Product Backlog? The Product Backlog […]