Hi fellow thinker đ
Thoughtful Engineering aims to educate, demystify, and promote healthy engineering cultures.
The original purpose of Agile tooling and methodology was to bring people outside of engineering in. Weâre now at the point where most of these tools build more frustration than they do understanding.
Ex: how do explain âthe ROIâ of maintenance?
How do you estimate a new integration in âstory pointsâ?
Especially in the age of AI and rapid change, we badly need to update what we consider to be âbest practicesâ.
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About the Author
Christine Miao created technical accounting while leading her team through 2x acquisitions during the pandemic. It was a way to quickly and clearly explain the value of senior engineers to shareholders who cared only about short-term EBITDA.
Previously, she led some of the first Agile Transformation projects at McKinsey Digital. She has worked with dozens of organizations - from idea to Fortune 50 - launch and improve their products.
She now researches technical accounting fulltime while writing for Thoughtful Engineering, which aims to educate, demystify, and promote healthy engineering cultures.
About Technical Accounting
Technical Accounting helps measure resourcing, maintenance, and architecture for engineering teams.
Itâs nuanced enough to cover complex topics like tech debt or breaking up monoliths. Itâs intuitive enough for your grandmother to understand.
