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Engineering Enablement by Abi Noda

Leading a DevEx team through transformation | Ana Petkovska (Nexthink)

Dec 13, 2023
Ana Petkovska, currently leading the developer experience team at Nexthink, talks about her team's transformation from DevOps to EngProd to DevEx. She shares her inspiration from Google's engineering productivity team and explains how she convinced her company to invest in EngProd. Ana discusses the challenges of optimizing team size and the importance of developing a mission for the team. She also explores the concept of Devx (Developer Experience) and the specific changes made in her team for a better digital employee experience.
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Quick takeaways

  • The DevOps team underwent transformations from DevOps to Engineering Productivity (EngProd) and finally to Developer Experience (DevEx), emphasizing the need to prioritize tasks and support product teams effectively.
  • Inspired by organizations like Google, the shift to Engineering Productivity (EngProd) and eventually to Developer Experience (DevEx) focused on improving developer productivity, onboarding, collaboration with product teams, and overall satisfaction.

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Transformation from DevOps to DevX

The podcast episode discusses the journey of Anna Pekofska in leading a DevOps team through several transformations. Initially, the DevOps team was formed to handle the transition from on-premise to cloud infrastructure. However, as the team expanded and took on more responsibilities, it became challenging to prioritize tasks and support the product teams effectively. This led to the introduction of the concept of Engineering Productivity (Ench Prod) inspired by organizations like Google. Eventually, the focus shifted to Developer Experience (DevX), which emphasized improving the experience and productivity of the engineers. The DevX team worked on initiatives such as continuous deployment and revamping processes to achieve better delivery speed and reliability while enhancing the developer experience.

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