Session + Live Q&A
Improving eBay's Development Velocity
- Breaking down silos between product engineering and infrastructure
- Measuring software delivery through the Four Key Metrics from Accelerate
- Continually reducing build time, startup time, PR validation time, and deployment time
- Relentlessly focusing on removing individual teams' impediments to fast flow
- Embedding experts directly in product teams and sharing learnings across the entire organization
The initiative has already borne fruit, and we identify -- and bank -- new wins every week. With support from the top, and excitement from the grassroots, the Velocity initiative has galvanized teams to look for opportunities for improvement. Equally importantly, working collaboratively and breaking down silos pay second-order cultural dividends. We have a long way to go, but this session will provide actionable insights for other organizations going through similar journeys.
Speaker
Randy Shoup
VP Engineering and Chief Architect @eBay
Randy has spent more than two decades building distributed systems and high performing teams, and has worked as a senior technology leader at eBay, Google, and Stitch Fix. He coaches CTOs, advises companies, and generally makes a nuisance of himself wherever possible. He is currently VP...
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Speaker
Mark Weinberg
Vice President, Core Product Engineering @eBay
Mark is a passionate leader with a broad range of technical, design, business and management experience. He is currently the VP of Core Product Engineering at eBay where he co-leads the initiative to increase developer productivity and accelerate software delivery. Previously, Mark spent 18 years...
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Date
Wednesday Nov 3 / 01:10PM EDT (40 minutes)
Track
Optimizing Your Organization for Speed
Topics
VelocityOrganizational PatternsAgileContinuous DeliveryTeam CollaborationAdd to Calendar
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