Creating the conditions for an awesome DevEx

It's 2022, and software development and delivery is a fractious experience in many large organisations.

Developers and teams struggle to get going and the development platforms are not fit for purpose. Cloud foundations do not evolve in line with the requirements of the development teams.

This session will explore the conditions needed to facilitate developer autonomy and create an awesome DevEx

Transcript

1. Creating The Conditions For An
   Awesome Developer Experience
   Hibri Marzook • Software Practice Lead
   

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   Hibri Marzook
   Software Practice Lead
   Helps teams deliver fast and enjoy doing it
   Likes the challenge of using Public Cloud and
   Continuous Delivery to help teams deliver sustainably.
   Likes to use systems thinking to navigate the challenges
   of complexity
   @hibri
   www.hibri.net
   

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3. The Wall of Confusion
   

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4. Impact of a poor DevEx
   Cochran, T. (2021)
   

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5. What is DevEx?
   Developer Experience is about creating an
   environment in which a developer can do their best
   work.
   

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6. How do developers feel about the processes,
   systems and services they use?
   

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7. Why is DevEx important?
   Developer productivity underpins the success of
   your organisation.
   

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8. Srivasta, S. et al. (2020)
   

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9. Hire expensive developers and make it hard to do
   their jobs
   .
   .
   Profit?
   

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10. DevEx is contextual
    Developers exist in an environment that is unique
    to your organisation and environment
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11. A good developer experience is emergent
    

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12. Create boundaries for risk
    and responsibility
    

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14. Good fences make good neighbours
    

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15. Create a shared responsibility model
    

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16. Create Team Interactions
    for Fast Flow
    

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17. Conway’s Law
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    Conway’s Law
    “Organisations which design systems are
    constrained to produce designs which are
    copies of the communication structures of
    these organisations”
    

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18. Conway’s Law affects the
    developer experience
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19. Understand Team Interactions
    

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20. Adopt an Internal OSS Model
    Adopt Communities of Practice
    

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21. Create Fast Feedback
    Loops
    

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22. The Simplest Feedback Loop is a Conversation
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23. Optimize Feedback Loops, Not Pipelines
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24. Get to Real Users Quicker. Only Prod Matters
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    https://twitter.com/copyconstruct/status/974530841190608897
    

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25. How do we measure
    DevEx?
    

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26. The SPACE Framework
    S - Satisfaction and Well-being
    P - Performance
    A - Activity
    C - Communication and Collaboration
    E - Efficiency and flow
    Yu, A. (2021)
    

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27. Key findings
    Finding flow is key, and interruptions are a drag. Minimal or no interruptions give
    developers an 82% chance of having a good day, but interruptions throughout the day
    decrease the chance of a good day to just 7%.
    Meetings are both awesome and terrible. Collaboration improves our work, but too
    many meetings can be a blocker; going from two to three meetings per day lowered the
    chances of developers making progress toward their goals by 60%.
    A two minute daily reflection can help developers improve their days
    

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28. Why?
    

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29. A good Developer Experience
    helps devs find flow and
    reduces interruptions
    

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30. A good Developer Experience
    reduces the cognitive load for a
    developer
    

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31. A good Developer Experience
    creates an environment of
    psychological safety
    

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32. References
    Cochran, T. (2021) Maximizing Developer Effectiveness. Available at:
    https://martinfowler.com/articles/developer-effectiveness.html (Accessed: January 11, 2021)
    Srivasta, S. et al. (2020) How software developers can drive business growth | McKinsey, www.mckinsey.com. Available
    at:
    https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/our-insights/developer-velocity-how-s
    oftware-excellence-fuels-business-performance.
    Yu, A. (2021) Introducing Developer Velocity Lab – A Research Initiative to Amplify Developer Work and Well-Being,
    TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM. Available at:
    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-developer-community-blog/introducing-developer-velocity-lab-a-research
    -initiative-to/ba-p/2333140 (Accessed: 5 May 2022).
    

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33. Q&A
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