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

Presented at (the first ever) CocoaHeads in Porto, Portugal.

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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