0800-DEVOPS The Value Flywheel Effect with David Anderson
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Aug 27, 2022 David Anderson, Technical Fellow at Bazaarvoice and former CTO at Liberty Mutual, shares transformative insights from his book, "The Value Flywheel Effect." He highlights the challenges of adopting serverless architecture in traditional organizations and the critical role of a strong vision. Anderson discusses the pitfalls of the build trap in software development and introduces worldly mapping as a tool for team alignment. He also stresses the importance of addressing fears in technology improvements and the value of informed decision-making in cloud architecture.
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Start With Clear Purpose
- Do make clarity of purpose your first priority before building anything.
- Avoid building features you do not need to prevent wasted effort and technical debt.
Serverless-First Experiment At Liberty
- At Liberty Mutual David led a cloud conversation and experimented with a serverless-first strategy.
- Teams started with serverless as a default and used other options only as fallbacks during trials.
Lift The Line With Cloud
- Treat cloud as a way to 'lift the line' and push responsibility to the provider.
- This reduces below-the-line work and enables teams to move faster toward business value.
