lessons learned - 8 years of distributed development at google | daniel peterson | ltg-33
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Lessons Learned8 Years of Distributed Development at Google
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2878(2008-03-31)
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Communications
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L6 TLM(staff software engineer)
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20 40 30 30
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06:00 - 20:00
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Lessons Learned(so far... anecdotal... at best)
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Disclaimer
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Background
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Code is king!
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Engineers all the way down...
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Team1 TL, 3-5 SWE, 1 PM,
1 TPM1 SRE, 1 SET, 1 TE
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Working at Google...
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Project ManagerScrum Master
Common ToolsProject Model
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How do we avoid this?
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Recruiting
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LeadershipOwnershipPriorities
GTD
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O: ObjectivesKR: Key Results
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70%
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Code Reviews
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When we don’t agree?
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Launch tool
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Distributed Development
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Talent not $$$
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KISS
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Separation of Concerns
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Strong Local Leaders
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Weekly Team Syncs
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Weekly 1:1
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Travel
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The beer factor
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Let’s do a Video Chat!
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Profile Pictures
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Candid Feedback
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Finally, remember...
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OK to fail
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