Slow means risky. 130000 dev hours in a single weekend deploy
@audunstrand and @trulsjor #QConLondon
@audunstrand and @trulsjor #QConLondon
It’s not about how fast the team can program.
It’s about how fast the team can find solutions to each problem, uncover organizational secrets for how the domain works and should work.
It’s about how fast the team can find solutions to each problem, uncover organizational secrets for how the domain works and should work.
There’s a conflict between cross-functional teams and the organizational hierarchy.
And alignment is a Challenge in autonomous teams
And alignment is a Challenge in autonomous teams
Alignment in the age of autonomy:
Teams need a clear understanding of the problem to solve
And the constraints in solving that problem.
@trulsjor @audunstrand #QConLondon
Teams need a clear understanding of the problem to solve
And the constraints in solving that problem.
@trulsjor @audunstrand #QConLondon
Influence teams, instead of controlling them.
For instance: technology radar
as a list of tech used everywhere, compiled from contributions by every team.
Use anything, as long as you broadcast it.
Teams influence each other
For instance: technology radar
as a list of tech used everywhere, compiled from contributions by every team.
Use anything, as long as you broadcast it.
Teams influence each other
Normative: directions, not standards.
Move from 10x dev towards pair programming.
From point-to-point integrations toward events and data mesh.
From central security to Security Champions on teams
From central coordination to a Team API
@audunstrand @trulsjor #QConLondon
Move from 10x dev towards pair programming.
From point-to-point integrations toward events and data mesh.
From central security to Security Champions on teams
From central coordination to a Team API
@audunstrand @trulsjor #QConLondon
Talking to every team gives the principal engineers a short feedback loop.
An even stronger force for alignment is the Golden Path platform.
The point isn’t to have a great application platform, but to provide useful services to the teams.
@trulsjor @audunstrand #QConLondon
An even stronger force for alignment is the Golden Path platform.
The point isn’t to have a great application platform, but to provide useful services to the teams.
@trulsjor @audunstrand #QConLondon
To get teams to migrate: promise them cake!
Really good chocolate cake
And then take a picture and post it, so other teams will want cake too
Cake Driven Development
@trulsjor @audunstrand #QConLondon
Really good chocolate cake
And then take a picture and post it, so other teams will want cake too
Cake Driven Development
@trulsjor @audunstrand #QConLondon
To reach autonomy, speed and fast flow, and alignment
Posting company values on a wiki or SharePoint ain’t gonna do it
Posting company values on a wiki or SharePoint ain’t gonna do it
Q: how do you measure success for a principal engineer?
A: are you excited to go to work and proud of what you’ve done?
… because any other measure takes years
A: are you excited to go to work and proud of what you’ve done?
… because any other measure takes years
You can’t just write it somewhere. You have to have the conversation and explain why it’s important
In each team’s different concrete context.
- on spending time addressing technical debt
In each team’s different concrete context.
- on spending time addressing technical debt
This is the best talk yet at #QConLondon , and that’s saying a lot
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