In the latest Culture & Methods Trends Report by InfoQ, we saw the two most significant factors influencing organizational culture in 2023. Those are layoffs and the emergency of Large Language Models (read ChatGPT).
๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐:
๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น
๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ across the whole industry. Even though it was explained as a right-sizing after changing economic climate, it resulted in a loss of trust and reduced employee engagement.
๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ but are also considerably flawed. It was noticed that could be a risk of developers being replaced by AI, yet it is still not in sight. On the other hand, we saw how tools such as GitHub Copilot improve developer productivity by 40%.
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๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. We saw that ideas around Projects and products are happening increasingly as companies try to shift their IT departments from a cost to something that adds value. Here Value Stream Management is essential in optimizing the development process in DevOps implementations.
๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐. Some organizations saw the harm in conflicts between architects and developers. Developers need to develop features quickly, but architects have a longer-term view of the system. The remediation is making architecture an integral part of the development process through collaboration with developers, using Design Docs or RFCs and Architecture Design Records (ADRs).
๐น ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐. Organizations can use the Reverse Conway strategy and Conway's Law to align communication for greater effectiveness intentionally. To help organizations restructure teams to maximize value delivery and reduce cognitive strain, Team Topologies has offered patterns.
๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐น๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐๐. There are career pathways that don't necessitate entering people management jobs, and the Staff Plus role is garnering prominence.
๐น ๐๐๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, and rganizations adopting the practices are gaining real benefits
๐น ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ. It is essential to be deliberate about the reasons for bringing people together in person rather than just having a fixed schedule
