Technical Practice
Vision & Structure
About Me
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15 years commercial experience in full stack development
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Transitioning out of my Tech Lead role in the Atlas project at DFAT
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Team lead and architect roles for last 6 years
- Outside of tech I love basketball, UFC and woodworking
Vision
A great place to work
and a great place to grow
Excellence
- Expertise
- Best practice
- High quality
- Work smart not hard
- Reputation
Innovation
- With knowledge
- When it makes sense
- Where it makes a difference
- While delivering
Collaboration
- Within projects
- Within practice
- Within Oakton
- With community
Growth
- Individual
- Practice
- Oakton
Structure
Support the growth of the tech practice and collaboration across Oakton
Practices
One team
Traditional Structure
Drupal
- Team lead
- dev 1
- dev 2
- dev 3
- ...
CRM
- Team lead
- dev 1
- dev 2
- dev 3
- ...
Sharepoint
- Team lead
- dev 1
- dev 2
- dev 3
- ...
Let's try something different...
Technical Streams
How will that work?
- Stream leads accountable
- Stream leads champion, not do it all
- I'm expecting it will evolve
(to me...)
Am I restricted to one stream?
- No!
- Flat structure
- Encourage personal development
- Stream leads are not managers
- Retain career manager concept
TBC...
- Vacant stream lead roles
- Speak up!
Career
Different career paths for different people
Roles
- Practice Lead
- Stream Lead
- Specialist
- Generalist
- Technical Lead
Practice Lead
- Provide vision
- Lead the team
- Inspire the team
- Empower the team
- Protect & support the team
- Encourage individual growth
- Provide opportunities
Stream Lead
- Responsibilities across tech practice
- Promote knowledge sharing/learning
- Promote collaboration across practices
Specialist
- Champion a particular technology or discipline
- Deep knowledge and experience
- Knowledge sharing and mentoring others
Generalist
- Strong in one or more areas
- Flexible across technologies/disciplines
- Right tool for the right job
- Keen to learn and grow
Technical Lead
- Tech leadership within a project
- Tech point of contact
- Champion team approach and standards
- Provide direction and vision on project