a public commitment to performance
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Presented at Velocity 2013 NYC. More resources: http://sethwalker.me/talks/a-public-commitment-to-performance/TRANSCRIPT
A Public Commitment to PerformanceOne weird trick to kickstart a performance cultureVelocity NYC October 15, 2013
@sethwalker
http://bit.ly/performanceculture
Who is responsible for performance?
You need a performance culture
Changing culture is hard
One weird trick
Etsy -2years
What we had
What we wanted
Weather report
Choosing metrics
Key pages
95th percentile backend
Weekday
or whatever...
Keep it simple
You can change it later
You can change it later
You will change it later
Get your tools in place
Can you measure it?
Repeatable?
Woah, embarrassing
It's not as private as you might think
This motivates your team to get better
Consider your audience(s)
CommunityEngineering Team
Velocity
Woah, embarrassing
Numbers are boring
Graphs are awesome
Celebrate wins
Performance is invisible
Ongoing context
Context for regressions
Iterate
Graphs are awesome
What's next
One weird trick
Take the long view
A note about privilege
"I love, love, love the latest performance report -- the report itself, not just the great numbers."
- Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson
Tell them I said it is all good.
Now, you share
Questions?http://bit.ly/performanceculture@sethwalker