Project Management and Leadership

Your Vacation Is the Real Test of Delegation

July 20, 2026

A leader's two weeks off isn't a break from the system, it's the most honest test of it. How to hand off, freeze, and read the results when you return.

Point AI at Your Bug Backlog First

July 11, 2026

Everyone plugs AI coding assistants into new features. That's backwards. A qualified bug is your best-specified work and the only place the guardrail comes first.

Leading a Team That's Half on Contract

June 22, 2026

When half your delivery team is contractors passing through, the real problem isn't velocity, it's memory and accountability. Here are the mechanisms that hold.

Onboarding Engineers in the AI Era: Raise the Bar

June 15, 2026

AI codes fast, so teams want to trim code review. That's backwards. When execution accelerates, accountability concentrates and the bar has to go up, not down.

Outcome Over Output: Stop Measuring Motion

November 26, 2025

Velocity measures motion, not progress. A delivery leader on why outcome beats output, how Goodhart's law wrecks your metrics, and what to actually measure.

Servant Leadership Isn't Being Nice

October 30, 2025

Servant leadership got reduced to being kind and a good listener. Real service is harder: absorb the pressure, make the hard calls, clear the obstacles.

Code Review Is a Judgment Call, Not a Checkbox

May 6, 2024

Code review isn't an administrative step before merge. It's where a team decides what it ships, owns the result together, and transmits its engineering standard.

Cross-Team Dependencies Are a Design Problem

October 24, 2023

Coordinating dependencies non-stop is symptom management. Real delivery work is clear ownership, stable interface contracts, and cutting coupling at the source.