Scaling Mobility

Scaling Mobility @ XING, Apps World Berlin

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1. Scaling mobility at XING Magith Noohukhan Evangelist at XING @magithn Alexander Greim Director Mobile Engineering @iltempo Apps World Berlin 23.04.2015
3. XING member demographics ‣ 6.7 million members in Germany ‣ 0.7 million members in Switzerland ‣ 0.7 million members in Austria As of dec 31, 2014
4. The overall company
5. Core businesses Business Units
6. The group of teams Clusters
7. They develop core products Dedicated Standing Teams
8. Once upon a time 2009 2010 2011 The beginning First iOS team Our own first mobile developers iOS & Android
9. The shift in focus 2012 2013 Shift towards native apps Android started to grow in terms of traffic Most of the mobile traffic via iPhone The team started growing in parallel Public API beta in the meanwhile
10. The breakthrough 2014 Today ??? The transformation Scaling
11. SCALING MOBILITY
12. Previously… • Successful web business • Rapid growth of mobile usage • Mobile apps were treated as products
13. Former development process Web Public API Mobile App
14. [ Image Bottleneck ] “bottleneck” by Jöran Maaswinkel is licensed under CC BY 2.0
15. Mobile is a platform. NOT a product. Our most important learning.
16. Optimal development process Business Logic Web API / Mobile App Public API
17. How to unleash mobility? • Empower every product team • Distribute ownership • Establish a platform team
18. Empower every product team • Mobile ambassadors • Maintain strong relationships • 2 developers per technology
19. Make sure you hire the right people. Who share the same culture and values.
20. Distribute ownership • Logical split of the application • Introduction of UI patterns • Independent development cycles • Release trains
21. App architecture Configuration / API / Tools UI Patterns Stream Jobs Industry News Profile …
22. Establish a platform team • Central components • Quality control • Releases • Automation
23. Everyone lives and breathes mobile. The right mindset is one of the biggest challenges.
24. Our Brand New iOS App
25. Presented by… Alexander Greim Director Mobile Engineering @iltempo Magith Noohukhan Evangelist at XING @magithn