Managing Mobile Releases at XING or: How to Bake a Quiche

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1. Managing Mobile Releases at XING OR: HOW TO BAKE A

   QUICHE BAS BROEK 1 — @basthomas

2. MOBILE AT XING ▸ 1 app ▸ 11 teams ▸

   ± 50 developers ▸ Native apps on iOS & Android ▸ Releasing every week 2 — @basthomas

3. Dissecting the Pie THE CRUST, THE FILLING, THE THICKENER 3

   — @basthomas

4. THE CRUST (PLATFORM TEAM) ! 4 — @basthomas

5. PLATFORM TEAM ▸ Responsible for the app architecture ▸ Enabling

   new features (think multitasking, improved iPad support) ▸ Also an over-arching product team 5 — @basthomas

6. THE FILLING (DOMAIN SPECIFIC TEAMS) !"# 6 — @basthomas

7. DOMAIN SPECIFIC TEAMS ▸ We have multiple fillings ▸ Seperate

   teams for separate sections: jobs, messenger, news, video etcetera. ▸ One Community 7 — @basthomas

8. THE THICKENER (MOBILE RELEASES TEAM) ! 8 — @basthomas

9. MOBILE RELEASES TEAM ▸ Working on iOS & Android ▸

   Providing Continuous Integration & Managing Releases ▸ Shipping every week ▸ Unifying processes (documentation, release building) 9 — @basthomas

10. ❄ CODE FREEZE 10 — @basthomas

11. ! TEST 11 — @basthomas

12. ! HOTFIX (BUT HOPEFULLY NOT) 12 — @basthomas

13. ! REPEAT 13 — @basthomas

14. PREVIOUS SITUATION ▸ iOS & Android Release handling is separated

    ▸ Respect differences in platforms ▸ Little collaboration ▸ Different tooling & solutions ... but we were facing similar issues 14 — @basthomas

15. COMMUNICATION IS hard 15 — @basthomas

16. MANAGING EXPECTATIONS AND COMMUNICATING across teams & platforms 16 —

    @basthomas

17. KEEPING A human touch 17 — @basthomas

18. New Team 18 — @basthomas

19. New Opportunities 19 — @basthomas

20. GITHUB.COM/XING 20 — @basthomas

21. ! " INTERACTION BETWEEN US AND DEVELOPERS 21 — @basthomas

22. 22 — @basthomas

23. THE RESULT! 23 — @basthomas

24. Thanks! @BASTHOMAS 24 — @basthomas