The Value Flywheel Effect

Chapter 14

The Frictionless Dev Experience

One of the most effective paths to high performance is to consistently identify and remove impediments that stand in the way of your development teams delivering value. Any group involved in software creation, whether a team of four or an enterprise of several thousand, must have a collective agreement about software quality levels.

To ensure everyone moves at a sustainable pace, engineers must have harmony—in simple things like ways to format and document code, coding standards and testing standards, and even to architectural integrity. This is no different than Marketing adhering to brand standards or an editorial department choosing to abide by Merriam-Webster Dictionary instead of the Oxford English ...