Choosing the right project
Greenfield / Brownfield projects
Greenfield
- Clean slate,
- More accessible at the beginning,
- Avoiding existing bbusiness processess that don't align with project needs.
Brownfield
- Existing codebase,
- Siginificant ammount of technical debt,
- Existing teams.
Systems of record / Systems of engagement
Systems of record
- Provide the truth about data elements,
- Evolving slowly and carefully.
For instance, a banking system.
Systems of engagement
- Modified regularly,
- More exploratory,
- Use experimentation to solve new problems.
Identifying groups to minimalize initial resistance
| Group name | Description |
|---|---|
| Canary users | Voluntarily test bleeding edge features as soon as they're available. |
| Early adpoters | Voluntarily preview releases, considered more refined than code that exposes canary users. |
| Users | Consume products after passing through canary and early adopters. |
KPIs
Most commonly used KPIs:
- Efficiency (Server to Admin Ratio, Application usage & performance),
- Faster outcomes (Deployment frequency, speed, size, Lead Time),
- Quality and security (Deployment failure rates, bug report rates, mean time to detection, availabilty),
- Culture (Employee morale, retention rates).