Engineering Manager Roadmap¶
- Roadmap: https://roadmap.sh/engineering-manager
1. What is Engineering Management?¶
- 1.1 EM vs Tech Lead vs IC
- 1.2 Key Focus Areas
- 1.2.1 People
- 1.2.2 Product
- 1.2.3 Process
2. Technical Leadership¶
2.1 Foundational Knowledge¶
- 2.1.1 Software Engineering Background
- 2.1.2 System Design and Architecture
- 2.1.3 Technical Debt and Management
- 2.1.4 Code Review Best Practices
- 2.1.5 Technical Documentation
2.2 Technical Roadmapping¶
- 2.2.1 Architectural Decision-Making
- 2.2.2 Build vs Buy Evaluation
- 2.2.3 Technical Risk Assessment
- 2.2.4 Scaling Infrastructure
2.3 Technical Strategy¶
- 2.3.1 CI/CD Implementation
- 2.3.2 Development / Release Workflow
- 2.3.3 Technical Standards Setting
- 2.3.4 Security Best Practices
- 2.3.5 Legacy System Retirement
2.4 Quality and Process¶
- 2.4.1 System Monitoring & Performance
- 2.4.2 Testing Strategies
- 2.4.3 Incident Management
3. People Management¶
3.1 Team Development¶
- 3.1.1 Hiring and Recruitment
- 3.1.2 Team Structure and Design
- 3.1.3 Performance Evaluations
- 3.1.4 Mentoring and Coaching
- 3.1.5 Career Development Planning
3.2 Leadership Skills¶
- 3.2.1 Delegation
- 3.2.2 Conflict Resolution
- 3.2.3 Feedback Delivery
- 3.2.4 Team Motivation
- 3.2.5 Trust / Influence Building
- 3.2.6 Emotional Intelligence
3.3 Communication¶
- 3.3.1 One-on-One Meetings
- 3.3.2 Team Meetings
- 3.3.3 Status Reporting
- 3.3.4 Stakeholder Management
- 3.3.5 Cross-functional Collaboration
4. Project Management¶
4.1 Project Planning¶
- 4.1.1 Resource Allocation
- 4.1.2 Sprint Planning
- 4.1.3 Release Management
- 4.1.4 Risk Management
- 4.1.5 Dependency management
4.2 Execution¶
- 4.2.1 Agile methodologies
- 4.2.2 Project Tracking
- 4.2.3 Milestone Management
- 4.2.4 Scope Management
- 4.2.5 Timeline Estimation
4.3 Measurement¶
- 4.3.1 KPI Definition
- 4.3.2 Velocity Tracking
- 4.3.3 Quality Metrics
- 4.3.4 Team Health Metrics
- 4.3.5 Project Postmortems
5. Business Acumen¶
5.1 Strategic Thinking¶
- 5.1.1 Product strategy alignment
- 5.1.2 Business Case Development
- 5.1.3 ROI analysis
- 5.1.4 Market awareness
- 5.1.5 Competitive Analysis
5.2 Financial Management¶
- 5.2.1 Budget Planning
- 5.2.2 Resource forecasting
- 5.2.3 Cost Optimization
- 5.2.4 Vendor Management
5.3 Organizational Awareness¶
- 5.3.1 Company Culture
- 5.3.2 Change management
- 5.3.3 Organization structure
- 5.3.4 Politics navigation
- 5.3.5 Cross-department collaboration
6. Culture Building¶
6.1 Team Culture¶
- 6.1.1 Defining and Enforcing Values
- 6.1.2 Team Traditions and Rituals
- 6.1.3 Recognition programs
- 6.1.4 Social connections
- 6.1.5 Inclusive environment creation
6.2 Engineering Culture¶
- 6.2.1 Innovation fostering
- 6.2.2 Learning culture development
- 6.2.3 Knowledge sharing practices
- 6.2.4 Technical excellence mindset
- 6.2.5 Blameless Post-mortems
- 6.2.6 Bias Recognition / Mitigation
7. Crisis Management¶
7.1 Incident Response¶
- 7.1.1 Emergency protocols
- 7.1.2 War Room Management
- 7.1.3 Stakeholder Communication
- 7.1.4 Post-incident analysis
- 7.1.5 Service Recovery
7.2 Risk Mitigation¶
- 7.2.1 Contingency planning
- 7.2.2 Disaster recovery
- 7.2.3 Business continuity
- 7.2.4 Security incident handling
- 7.2.5 Production issues management
7.3 Team Support¶
- 7.3.1 Contingency planning
- 7.3.2 Disaster recovery
- 7.3.3 Business continuity
- 7.3.4 Security incident handling
- 7.3.5 Production issues management
8. Stakeholder Management¶
8.1 Executive Communication¶
- 8.1.1 Board presentations
- 8.1.2 Executive summaries
- 8.1.3 Strategic proposals
- 8.1.4 Budget requests
- 8.1.5 Vision alignment
8.2 Customer Relations¶
- 8.2.1 Customer feedback integration
- 8.2.2 Technical customer support
- 8.2.3 Customer success alignment
- 8.2.4 Feature prioritization
- 8.2.5 Technical partnerships
8.3 Partner Management¶
- 8.3.1 Vendor relationships
- 8.3.2 Technology partnerships
- 8.3.3 Integration management
- 8.3.4 API strategy
- 8.3.5 External collaboration
8.4 Documentation¶
- 8.4.1 Architecture documentation
- 8.4.2 Process documentation
- 8.4.3 Decision records
- 8.4.4 Lessons Learned
- 8.4.5 Best Practices
9. Knowledge Management¶
9.1 Knowledge Transfer¶
- 9.1.1 Mentoring Programs
- 9.1.2 Knowledge bases
- 9.1.3 Brown Bags
- 9.1.4 Tech Talks
10. Change Management¶
10.1 Technical Change¶
- 10.1.1 Migration planning
- 10.1.2 Legacy system retirement
- 10.1.3 Technology adoption
- 10.1.4 Tool transitions
- 10.1.5 Process changes
10.2 Organizational Change¶
- 10.2.1 Change strategy
- 10.2.2 Impact assessment
- 10.2.3 Stakeholder management
- 10.2.4 Communication planning
- 10.2.5 Resistance management
10.3 Team Change¶
- 10.3.1 Reorganizations
- 10.3.2 Team mergers
- 10.3.3 Role transitions
- 10.3.4 Responsibility shifts
- 10.3.5 Culture evolution