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
   

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2. MOBILE AT XING
   ▸ 1 app
   ▸ 11 teams
   ▸ ± 50 developers
   ▸ Native apps on iOS & Android
   ▸ Releasing every week
   2 — @basthomas
   

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3. Dissecting the Pie
   THE CRUST, THE FILLING, THE
   THICKENER
   3 — @basthomas
   

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

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5. PLATFORM TEAM
   ▸ Responsible for the app architecture
   ▸ Enabling new features (think multitasking, improved iPad support)
   ▸ Also an over-arching product team
   5 — @basthomas
   

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

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7. DOMAIN SPECIFIC TEAMS
   ▸ We have multiple fillings
   ▸ Seperate teams for separate sections: jobs, messenger, news, video
   etcetera.
   ▸ One Community
   7 — @basthomas
   

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

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9. MOBILE RELEASES TEAM
   ▸ Working on iOS & Android
   ▸ Providing Continuous Integration & Managing Releases
   ▸ Shipping every week
   ▸ Unifying processes (documentation, release building)
   9 — @basthomas
   

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10. ❄
    CODE FREEZE
    10 — @basthomas
    

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11. !
    TEST
    11 — @basthomas
    

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

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13. !
    REPEAT
    13 — @basthomas
    

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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
    

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15. COMMUNICATION IS hard
    15 — @basthomas
    

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

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17. KEEPING A
    human touch
    17 — @basthomas
    

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18. New Team
    18 — @basthomas
    

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19. New
    Opportunities
    19 — @basthomas
    

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20. GITHUB.COM/XING
    20 — @basthomas
    

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

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22. 22 — @basthomas
    

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23. THE RESULT!
    23 — @basthomas
    

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24. Thanks!
    @BASTHOMAS
    24 — @basthomas
    

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