PRODUCTHEAD: Empathy with engineering (or avoiding developer disengagement)

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tl;dr

Rather than focusing on engineering team productivity, examine the causes of their low / negative value work

When asked for development estimates, ask why they need the information and what they’ll do with the answer

Different development tasks need varying a...