What executives need from Staff engineers
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In this lesson
understand how executives decide and what they want to hear.
Planned topics
- Executives compare many investments with limited time and money.
- They need: the decision, the business effect, cost, risk, and when they will see results.
- They distrust jargon, surprises, and certainty about uncertain things.
- They also want early warning, not only pitches.
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Demonstration
a one-slide frame: decision needed, why now, cost, benefit, risk, what happens if we do nothing.
Check your understanding
What does an executive need first?
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The decision requested and why it matters to the business.
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