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Centralising the right
things
Tom Booth
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tl;dr
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Build a central team to
empower and support
others
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Centralised
Decentralised
Re-centralised
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Centralised
Decentralised
Re-centralised
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We weren’t one business,
we were compe>ng func>ons
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Protec>onism built through
compe>>on
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Every 3 weeks, …
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Every 3 weeks, we had a
wild ride of forgoHen
changes
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Opera>ons would get the
blame for developer problems
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Why did their change break
my code?
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Centrally provided tools
were very poor
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GeLng features to our
users was slow
When we were centralised,
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Change was complex
because of poor design
When we were centralised,
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Func>onal ownership
caused serious fric>on
When we were centralised,
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Centralised
Decentralised
Re-centralised
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One team needs to own the
whole service
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You have to embrace
change
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Deploying con>nuously is
beHer for users
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A team should own its own
architecture and infrastructure
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Every team with their own
direc>on, liHle shared
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Solving the same problems,
in the same way with
different implementa>ons
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Opera>ng at larger scale
requires deeper knowledge
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GeLng features to our
users was slow
When we were centralised,
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Change is complex because
of poor architecture
When we were centralised,
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Func>onal ownership
caused serious fric>on
When we were centralised,
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The same problems were
being solved repeatedly
When we were decentralised,
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No-one has the complete
picture
When we were decentralised,
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We weren’t focusing on our
users as much as we should
When we were decentralised,
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Centralised
Decentralised
Re-centralised
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Retain ownership in the
service teams
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Iden>fy common paHerns
in our infrastructure
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Support common paHerns
with great tooling
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Always ask, how can we
help each other?
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Give teams room to
experiment, do what’s best
for them
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Outside impressions maHer
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Help our owners, investors
and auditors understand
our services
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Work together
not apart
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Work together on
architecture
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Work together on
issues
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Work together on
bugs in produc>on at 3am
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GeLng features to our
users was slow
When we were centralised,
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Change is complex because
of poor architecture
When we were centralised,
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Func>onal ownership
caused serious fric>on
When we were centralised,
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The same problems were
being solved repeatedly
When we were decentralised,
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No-one has the complete
picture
When we were decentralised,
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We weren’t focusing on our
users as much as we should
When we were decentralised,
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Build a central team to
empower and support
others