The Challenge of Keeping Things Up-To-Date

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sarahwells.dev The Challenge of Keeping Things Up-To-Date Sarah Wells

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sarahwells.dev No one gets excited about this

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sarahwells.dev Getting it right *matters*

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sarahwells.dev “Your ability to migrate can easily constrain your overall velocity” https://lethain.com/migrations/

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sarahwells.dev Apple, 2000

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sarahwells.dev Apple, 2024

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sarahwells.dev Upgrades and patching

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sarahwells.dev Many of these upgrades are on someone else’s timetable

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sarahwells.dev Migrations

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sarahwells.dev Timing Foundations Execution

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sarahwells.dev A migration story…

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sarahwells.dev “The decision has been made to stop work on the project”

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sarahwells.dev Timing

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sarahwells.dev The FT moved to Bracken House in May 2019

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sarahwells.dev What else could you be doing?

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sarahwells.dev Look at the return on investment

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sarahwells.dev Cost savings were an illusion

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sarahwells.dev Be prepared to stop

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sarahwells.dev “I’m not sad or disappointed”

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sarahwells.dev “We learnt a lot and that will result in positive changes”

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sarahwells.dev Foundations

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sarahwells.dev Own your services

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sarahwells.dev Active ownership of services

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sarahwells.dev Orphaned services don’t get upgraded

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sarahwells.dev Know what’s coming your way

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sarahwells.dev https://endoflife.date

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sarahwells.dev https://opensource.zalando.com/tech-radar/

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sarahwells.dev Set expectations

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sarahwells.dev That could include “don’t patch too quickly”

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sarahwells.dev Optimise for handling change

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sarahwells.dev Choose managed services

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sarahwells.dev APIs over templates

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sarahwells.dev Execution

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sarahwells.dev Clarity

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sarahwells.dev Who needs to do work?

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sarahwells.dev What is the consequence of failing to hit the finish line?

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sarahwells.dev Communication

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sarahwells.dev https://jchyip.medium.com/why-aligned-autonomy-is-an-ongoing-struggle- efa62e272d5d

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sarahwells.dev Empathy

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sarahwells.dev Minimise dependencies on YOU

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sarahwells.dev Show people their progress

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sarahwells.dev Do the work for them

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sarahwells.dev Make sure you finish the migration

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sarahwells.dev Two milestones New service available

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sarahwells.dev Two milestones New service available Old service no longer used

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sarahwells.dev Set an end date

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sarahwells.dev 🙌

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sarahwells.dev In summary

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sarahwells.dev Keeping things up to date can impact flow Invest in making upgrades and migrations easier Clarity, communication, empathy

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