collaborative development: the only cd that matters - brent beer - codemotion milan 2017

Collaborative DevelopmentThe Only CD That Matters

Brent Beer

@brntbeer

Collaborative DevelopmentThe CD that you should really care about before you start working on other things so that those other things work really well too!

Brent Beer @brntbeer

Hello!

OH I LOVE GITHUB. IT’S REALLY CHANGED

THE WAY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

HAPPENS

YEAH! I LOVE IT TOO. ARE YOU USING

GITHUB AT WORK?

NOPE. I WISH, BUT IT’S JUST TOO HARD FOR

ME TO CHANGE THINGS HERE AT ACME

CORP.

:(

Quick Poll!

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AS WELL AS ENHANCED COLLABORATIVE WORKING AMONG

PROJECT TEAMS, DEVELOPERS CAN ALSO SEARCH AND

REUSE CODE THAT ALREADY EXISTS ACROSS THE

ORGANIZATION. THIS AVOIDS REINVENTING FIELD-TESTED

SOLUTIONS DEVELOPED FOR OTHER PROJECTS

- CARLOS GONCALVES HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/BUSINESS/CUSTOMERS/

SOCIETE-GENERALE

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OUR IT GROUP WANTED TO OFFICIALLY SUPPORT A

SOLUTION SO THAT DEVELOPERS COULD CONTINUE

WORKING THE WAY THEY PREFERRED

- BERTHOLD BÄUML HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/BUSINESS/CUSTOMERS/DLR

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SAP’S SUCCESS IS TIED CLOSELY TO THE RELATIONSHIPS

AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE DISTRIBUTED

DEVELOPMENT TEAMS.

- DOMINIK TORNOW HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/BUSINESS/CUSTOMERS/SAP

Previously, off the Internet

By Dugsong at en.wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia by SreeBot, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16786574

http://www.thedigitalprojectmanager.com/how-to-run-a-great-internal-project-kickoff-meeting/

Knowledge Sharing

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A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL

BOATS

- JOHN F. KENNEDY

How much does it cost to train a new team member?

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IT TAKES TIME FOR PEOPLE TO GET USED TO WORKING WITH

EACH OTHER AND A RAPID RAMP UP CAN STOP A LARGE

TEAM FROM FORMING THE RELATIONSHIPS IT NEEDS TO

SUCCEED.

- MARTIN FOWLER , “PREMATURERAMPUP”, HTTPS://MARTINFOWLER.COM/

BLIKI/PREMATURERAMPUP.HTML

ChatOps: do your work in the open!

Solution: ChatOps

Team Discussions: have a place to have your discussions

Solution: Team Discussions

Team Radars: a best practice in knowledge sharing

Solution: Team Radar

GitHub Pages and READMEs: a beautiful way to read about

a project

Solution: READMEs

Solution: GitHub Pages

Allow others to learn from your workMove operations into your chat, visible team discussions, team radars, and promotional sites to allow people to share knowledge

Reuse and Discovery

What is anyone else even working on?

Form Guilds to promote sharing information

between informal groups

Solution: GuildsReference: Spotify Engineering Culture Part 1: https://vimeo.com/85490944

Create teams fast with an easy way to reference them

Javascript-devs, SQL-ninjas

2014-security-event, auth-refactor-devs

org/devGroupA org/devGroupB org/devGroupC

org/devGroupA org/devGroupB org/devGroupCorg/devGroupA org/devGroupB org/devGroupC

org/javascript-devs

Solution: Ad-hoc Teams


org/javascript-devs


org/javascript-devs

org/security



org/javascript-devs


org/javascript-devs

org/security


org/javascript-devs

org/security

org/SQL



org/javascript-devs


org/javascript-devs

org/security


org/javascript-devs

org/security

org/SQL

org/javascript-devs


org/security

org/SQL

Reports to devGroupA Part of security and SQL teams


org/javascript-devs


org/security

org/SQL

Reports to devGroupC Part of javascript devs and SQL teams


Establish hubs of information where people regularly visit

Solution: Established Hubs

Enable others to easily find the workSet up guilds/ad-hoc teams to allow for smoother information sharing and empower your coworkers to find what they need to get the job done

Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Reference: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/why-diversity-matters

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THE INNOVATIONS DO NOT HAVE TO BE REVOLUTIONARY OR

THE EXCLUSIVE DOMAIN OF NEW OR IMPROVED PRODUCTS.

THE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE INCREMENTAL AS THEY ARE AT

TOYOTA, OR THEY CAN BE IN BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND

PROCESSES AS THEY WERE AT DELL.

- IRA KALB, MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, USC HTTP://

WWW.BUSINESSINSIDER.COM/INNOVATE-OR-DIE-A-MANTRA-FOR-EVERY-

BUSINESS-2013-7?IR=T

Adopt InnerSource to take ownership of your

work

Software Development

Design

Project Management

Operations

Security

Domain Experts

Customer Support

Executive Leadership

!

Solution: Adopt InnerSource

Solution: Adopt InnerSource

Reference: https://paypal.github.io/InnerSourceCommons/

Establish an inclusive workflow that is structured

to be welcoming

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RESULTS: MEN WHO SPOKE UP WITH IDEAS WERE SEEN AS

HAVING HIGHER STATUS AND WERE MORE LIKELY TO EMERGE

AS LEADERS. WOMEN DID NOT RECEIVE ANY BENEFITS IN

STATUS OR LEADER EMERGENCE FROM SPEAKING UP,

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY DID SO PROMOTIVELY OR

PROHIBITIVELY

- SEAN R. MARTIN HTTPS://HBR.ORG/2017/11/RESEARCH-MEN-GET-CREDIT-

FOR-VOICING-IDEAS-BUT-NOT-PROBLEMS-WOMEN-DONT-GET-CREDIT-FOR-

EITHER

Solution: Establish an Inclusive Workflow

Form a team devoted to making sure everyone at

your company feels included

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ONE WAY TO ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE WOULD BE FOR

MANAGERS TO AMPLIFY WOMEN’S IDEAS BY INTENTIONALLY

GIVING EXTRA ATTENTION TO THEIR SUGGESTIONS. AFTER

ALL, IF OUR NATURAL TENDENCY IS TO GIVE LESS

RECOGNITION TO WOMEN’S IDEAS, THEN WE WILL NEED TO

MAKE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO OVERCOME THIS BIAS.

- SEAN R. MARTIN, HTTPS://HBR.ORG/2017/11/RESEARCH-MEN-GET-CREDIT-

FOR-VOICING-IDEAS-BUT-NOT-PROBLEMS-WOMEN-DONT-GET-CREDIT-FOR-

EITHER

Solution: Form a Team

Solution: Form a Team

Make it easy for everyone to be their best

Adopt InnerSource, choose an inclusive workflow, and devote a team to the cause

The Next Frontier

References• “Java retraining costs will be high”, http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Java-retraining-costs-will-

be-high

• Juliette Reinders Folmer “Promote your open source projects”, https://speakerdeck.com/jrf/promote-your-open-source-project-with-github-pages

• “Why Diversity Matters”, https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/why-diversity-matters

• “Innovation Isn't Just About Brainstorming New Ideas”, http://www.businessinsider.com/innovate-or-die-a-mantra-for-every-business-2013-7?IR=T

• “Take Ownership of Your Work: Adopt InnerSource”, https://medium.com/@baspeters/take-ownership-of-your-work-adopt-innersource-55e57c0dc8f5

• “Research: Men Get Credit for Voicing Ideas, but Not Problems. Women Don’t Get Credit for Either”, https://hbr.org/2017/11/research-men-get-credit-for-voicing-ideas-but-not-problems-women-dont-get-credit-for-either

• “Collaboration Will Drive the Next Wave of Productivity Gains”, https://hbr.org/2012/05/collaboration-will-drive-the-n

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