Friendship Is magic
(relaxing the web-wl committer model)
The Old Committer Model
- External team dependencies
- Committers can't focus on team backlog
- Committers are responsible for wl code quality
- Committers are expected to know everything about wl
Process Changes
-
Everyone is a committer!
- Experience catalog
- CoP instead of committer meetings
- MYSTERY PRIZES!!!!
The Benefits
- "Done" is in each team's control
- Expert developers can contribute to their teams
- Everyone is responsible for code quality
- Increased knowledge sharing and collaboration
Why we shouldn't
be afraid
- Everyone wants to deliver quality code!
- Embrace failure
- Support of technology leadership
Desired Changes
to Behavior
-
Encourage meaningful reviews
- Faster feedback
- Promotes opportunistic refactoring
THe Pony Metaphor
dREAM CASTLE == WEB-WL (ORBITZ)
THE SMOOZE == PROCESS
THE GRUNDLES == US
THE FLUTTER PONIES == NEW CHANGES
Dream Castle
the smooze
The Grundles
the flutter ponies
(IT'S TIME FOR
AN APOLOGY)
We all want the same thing
and that's why this will work
Questions?
Friendship is Magic: Relaxing the web-wl committer model
By Ben Gibson
