🗺️ Engineering Leadership · Journey Playbooks

Playbook: New engineering manager: first 90 days

Trust built, cadences running, one visible improvement shipped per month.

journey~90 minEngineering ManagersTech LeadsStaff Engineers

Journey Steps

1Step 1 — Run one-on-ones that build trust: start with "Their agenda first; status belongs in tools not this meeting"
2Step 2 — Audit your agile ceremonies ruthlessly: start with "Timebox audit: cost each ceremony × attendees × frequency annually"
3Step 3 — Manage tech debt as a portfolio: start with "Inventory debts with interest rate: how much slower/costlier per month?"
4How it fits together: Listen before changing. Ceremony audits in month two land better than in week one.

Commands

Install all referenced skills

$ npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill people-management-one-on-ones && npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill team-process-sprint-ceremonies-audit && npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill team-process-tech-debt-strategy

Tags

#playbook#journey#engineering-leadership

Install this skill

$ npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill playbook-engineering-leadership-new-em-first90 -a opencode

SKILL.md

# Playbook: New engineering manager: first 90 days

> Trust built, cadences running, one visible improvement shipped per month.

## When to Use This Skill

Trust built, cadences running, one visible improvement shipped per month.

## Steps

1. Step 1 — Run one-on-ones that build trust: start with "Their agenda first; status belongs in tools not this meeting"
2. Step 2 — Audit your agile ceremonies ruthlessly: start with "Timebox audit: cost each ceremony × attendees × frequency annually"
3. Step 3 — Manage tech debt as a portfolio: start with "Inventory debts with interest rate: how much slower/costlier per month?"
4. How it fits together: Listen before changing. Ceremony audits in month two land better than in week one.

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