2. Who we are
The world's oldest communications company, dating back to
1846.
173 years later, we’ve rolled out UK’s first 5G network.
We use the power of communications to make a better world.
3. Our businesses
Consumer –
30 million
customers
Enterprise –
1.2 million
businesses
and 1400
CPs
Global – 180
countries
Openreach-
network of
173 million
km and 28m
premises
3
5. British Telecommunications plc 2019
Strong
Partnerships
Automation
Shift to
Agile
Human-centred
service design
Digital BT
& insight driven
culture
Leadership,
culture &
mindset
PaaS
Basecamp
IT Evolution
“This is more than a technology play; we are
fundamentally shifting to a human-centred, service-
orientated mindset.”
To achieve Da Vinci, we must conquer several ‘peaks’
Op & Org
Models
Employee
Services
Operational
Excellence
QA
Transformation
IT Vision
#Da Vinci
10. Canvas – BT’s PaaS Service based on Pivotal Platform
An employee crowd sourced name for our platform which raised awareness
11. Canvas – BT’s PaaS Service based on Pivotal Platform
• Canvas Platform Team
Software Engineering Squad, 100% Dedicated, Product focussed, upskilled in Cloud Infra
12. Canvas – BT’s PaaS Service based on Pivotal Platform
• Canvas Platform Team
• Canvas Cloud Enablement Team
Enabling app teams, Cloud Native experts, using HCD techniques, frictionless adoption
13. Canvas – BT’s PaaS Service based on Pivotal Platform
• Canvas Platform Team
• Canvas Cloud Enablement Team
• Business Unit Cloud Native Ninjas
Trained some top engineers in each Business Unit, evangelists for Cloud Native
14. Canvas – BT’s PaaS Service based on Pivotal Platform
• Canvas Platform Team
• Canvas Cloud Enablement Team
• Business Unit Cloud Native Ninjas
• Application Transformation
Pivotal run App Tx engagements, created excitement, delivered to Dev & Test only
15. Canvas – BT’s PaaS Service based on Pivotal Platform
• Canvas Platform Team
• Canvas Cloud Enablement Team
• Business Unit Cloud Native Ninjas
• Application Transformation
• Marketing Campaign
Multi dimension marketing, Show and Share sessions, roadshows, demo’s, social media comms
16. Canvas – BT’s PaaS Service based on Pivotal Platform
• Canvas Platform Team
• Canvas Cloud Enablement Team
• Business Unit Cloud Native Ninjas
• Application Transformation
• Marketing Campaign
• Wiki and Cookbook
Created an ever evolving body of knowledge for the everyone to collaboratively improve
17. Canvas – BT’s PaaS Service based on Pivotal Platform
• Canvas Platform Team
• Canvas Cloud Enablement Team
• Business Unit Cloud Native Ninjas
• Application Transformation
• Marketing Campaign
• Wiki and Cookbook
• App backlog creation and prioritisation
Curate, groom and prioritise based on Value, Skills and Tech Enablers
18. Key takeaways for anyone embarking on this journey?
Building a strong platform team
• Platform Dojo
• Automated and reliability mindset
• Dedicated Product Manager
• Agile Ceremonies
Ways of Working
• Pairing
• Human Centred Design
• Automate everything!
• Documentation
Strong relationships – don’t delay!
• Security
• Infrastructure/Cloud IaaS
• Application Teams