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Sleuth and the Future of Engineering Teams with Dylan Etkin

Oct 30, 2024

Dylan Etkin, Founder and CEO of Sleuth, brings a wealth of experience from Atlassian to tackle the unpredictable nature of modern engineering. He discusses how Sleuth acts as an operating system for engineering, enhancing team efficiency and alignment with business goals. The conversation dives into the importance of using DORA metrics for improving software delivery, the need for transparency in development processes, and the impact of automation on productivity and team morale. Dylan also shares insights on personal growth within the tech landscape.

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Quick takeaways

Modern engineering teams struggle with unpredictability and visibility in performance metrics, delaying alignment with business objectives.

Sleuth enhances engineering operations by automating DORA metrics reporting, fostering better resource allocation and revealing process inefficiencies.

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Challenges Facing Modern Engineering Teams

Modern engineering teams struggle with unpredictable delivery and a lack of visibility into their performance, which complicates tracking progress and identifying bottlenecks. These challenges often result in misalignment between engineering efforts and broader business objectives. Effective measurement tools have been lacking, leading to reliance on ineffective metrics such as lines of code or pull requests. By acknowledging and addressing these issues, teams can work towards more predictable outcomes and better align their activities with the goals of the organization.

Intro

5min

Bridging the Gap: Engineering and Business Alignment through Sleuth

2min

Navigating the Dynamics of Engineering Team Management

2min

Enhancing Predictability in Software Delivery with Sleuth

3min

Enhancing Engineering Efficiency with Metrics and Automation

21min

Building Automations for Engineering Management

6min

Exploring Sleuth and Personal Growth

4min

Modern engineering teams often face challenges with unpredictable delivery and limited visibility into their performance. This can make it difficult to track progress, identify bottlenecks, and understand how efficiently time and resources are being used. The lack of clear insights commonly prevents teams from aligning their work with broader business goals.

Sleuth is designed to be an operating system for engineering, and help teams achieve more predictable delivery and align with business needs.

Dylan Etkin is the Founder and CEO of Sleuth. Dylan is an Atlassian alum who has spent the last 15 years building dev tools with Jira, Bitbucket, and Statuspage. He joins the podcast to talk about the challenges faced by modern engineering teams and innovative strategies to overcome them.

Full Disclosure: This episode is sponsored by Sleuth.

Gregor Vand is a security-focused technologist, and is the founder and CTO of Mailpass. Previously, Gregor was a CTO across cybersecurity, cyber insurance and general software engineering companies. He has been based in Asia Pacific for almost a decade and can be found via his profile at vand.hk.