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A Public Commitment to
Performance
One weird trick to kickstart a performance culture
Velocity NYC October 15, 2013
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@sethwalker
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http://bit.ly/performanceculture
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Who is responsible
for performance?
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You need a
performance culture
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Changing culture
is hard
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One weird trick
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Etsy -2years
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What we had
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What we wanted
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Weather report
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Choosing metrics
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Key pages
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95th percentile backend
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Weekday
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or whatever...
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Keep it simple
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You can change it later
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You can change it later
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You will change it later
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Get your tools
in place
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Can you measure it?
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Repeatable?
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Woah, embarrassing
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It's not as private
as you might think
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This motivates your
team to get better
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Consider your
audience(s)
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Community
Engineering Team
Velocity
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Woah, embarrassing
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Numbers are boring
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Graphs are awesome
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Celebrate wins
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Performance is invisible
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Ongoing context
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Context for regressions
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Iterate
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Graphs are awesome
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What's next
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One weird trick
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Take the long view
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A note about privilege
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"I love, love, love the latest
performance report -- the
report itself, not just the
great numbers."
- Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson
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Tell them I said
it is all good.
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Now, you share
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Questions?
http://bit.ly/performanceculture
@sethwalker