My teams do the work. My part is the practices, feedback loops and trust that let them do it well.
I'm Ahmed Avais, an engineering leader who spent a decade coaching engineering and product leaders, sometimes across more than 200 teams at once. For more than 25 years I've been learning how systems behave, from machines to teams to teams working with AI. More about me.
- machinesnetworks, infrastructure
- teamsXP, coaching, HSD
- teams + AIspecs, harness, safety net
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Retire, sustain or grow
A federal agency had to decide the future of more than 40 financial-education products. My team went past the brief, pairing AI similarity scoring across 70 sites with real usage data, so every recommendation came with evidence.
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Chance of done
A weather forecast for your backlog, with no estimates and no story points. The 50% date is a coin toss. Plan on the 85% date.
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