Distributed Management

How GitHub can organize and cooperate without dedicated managers by adopting the constraints of open source software development.

Video: http://redmonk.com/tv/2012/10/24/distributed-management-githubs-ryan-tomayko/

Transcript

1. Distributed Management
4. Hubbers: 122
5. 04 Founders 55 Developers 17 Designers 12 Support 10 Ops 04 Sales Hubbers: 122 04 Office 03 Training 02 HR 01 Marketing 01 Shop 01 Community
6. No Managers
8. © Franck Cuny
9. Contributors
15. Maintainers
16. Ryan Tomayko twitter.com/rtomayko github.com/rtomayko etc.
17. “That’s cool and all when you’re a small company, but eventually you’re going to need management and structure.“ - Everybody Ever
18. CEO CEO
19. Problems GitHub Has Problems Best Solved By Managers
20. “That’s cool and all when you’re a small company, but eventually you’re going to need management and structure.“ - Everybody Ever
24. Role of Management Carry information Coordinate across boundaries Steer people toward org goals Make sure people are working Hiring
25. No Managers
26. No Managers 122
28. Open Source Constraints Electronic Available (URL) Asynchronous Lock free
29. Internal Tools
35. Office
36. Chat Office
37. *
40. Learning by Lurking
43. Process and Communication Electronic Available (URL) Asynchronous Lock free
46. Families
47. @haacked
48. @imbriaco
49. The Entire Open Source Community
50. Process and Communication Electronic Available (URL) Asynchronous Lock free
51. EOF