The Inside Story of how Atlassian Makes Software

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Join ten-year Atlassian veteran Chris Mountford as he takes you behind the scenes for an inside look at how we make software. You'll get a sneak peek into the culture, methods and techniques that Atlassian uses to develop software across three continents and more than a dozen products. Ask your toughest questions and get tips and tricks to take back to your team.

Software

Consistency is the last refuge of the
unimaginative.
OSCAR WILDE
“
”

Retrospective• Kaizen: Continuous
Improvement
• Timeline
• Start, Stop, Continue
• 3L: Liked, Lacked, Loathed
• 4L: + Longed for
• Happy, Sad, Confused
• Actions: few

CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION & DEPLOYMENT
FEATURE BRANCHES
Automation
DEVOPS

JIRA has
functional tests in “core”
27712

Feature
branches
isolate
independent
work

• Big cool statistic
• 2,56
9
• Add-Ons in Marketplace

Worked fine
in dev.
Ops problem
now.
photo: Dave Roth 2005

DEVOPS
Development and operations only win together

ITEM 2
ITEM 1
ITEM 3
ITEM 4
Agenda
Builds
Deployments
Quality at speed
Monitoring
Customer Insights

Whole pipeline:
development and operations only win
together
Infrastructure as code:
Containers, microservices,
orchestration toolchains
Symbiosis:
Quality at speed, release cadence,
risk control, monitoring, customer
insights
DEV OPS

Culture
EmpathyEngineering
An engineering culture Culture of empathy
Engineering empathy

Thank you!
CHRIS MOUNTFORD • DEVELOPER ZEALOT • ATLASSIAN • @CHROMOSUNDRIFT

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The Inside Story of how Atlassian Makes Software

1. CHRIS MOUNTFORD • DEVELOPER ZEALOT • ATLASSIAN • @CHROMOSUNDRIFT The Inside Story of How We Make Software

2. AUTOMATION AUTONOMY CULTURE Agenda

3. Autonomyvs. Consistency

4. ITEM 2 ITEM 1 ITEM 3 ITEM 4 Agenda

5. Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. OSCAR WILDE “ ”

6. Cross-functional Teams

7. Retrospective• Kaizen: Continuous Improvement • Timeline • Start, Stop, Continue • 3L: Liked, Lacked, Loathed • 4L: + Longed for • Happy, Sad, Confused • Actions: few

8. The process is a product.

9. Automation

10. CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION & DEPLOYMENT FEATURE BRANCHES Automation DEVOPS

11. Automated tests & definition of “done”

12. JIRA has unit tests in “core” 18606

13. JIRA has functional tests in “core” 27712

14. JIRA has build plans 759

15.

16. CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION & DEPLOYMENT FEATURE BRANCHES Automation DEVOPS

17. Feature branches isolate independent work

18. • Big cool statistic • 2,56 9 • Add-Ons in Marketplace

19. ITEM 2 ITEM 1 ITEM 3 ITEM 4 Agenda

20. ITEM 2 ITEM 1 ITEM 3 ITEM 4 Agenda

21. Atlassian has builds per month 150k

22. CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION & DEPLOYMENT FEATURE BRANCHES Automation DEVOPS

23. Worked fine in dev. Ops problem now. photo: Dave Roth 2005

24. DEV OPS

25. DEVOPS Development and operations only win together

26.

27. ITEM 2 ITEM 1 ITEM 3 ITEM 4 Agenda Builds Deployments Quality at speed Monitoring Customer Insights

28.

29. Whole pipeline: development and operations only win together Infrastructure as code: Containers, microservices, orchestration toolchains Symbiosis: Quality at speed, release cadence, risk control, monitoring, customer insights DEV OPS

30. Culture

31. Empathy. You can’t outsource it.

32. Culture EmpathyEngineering An engineering culture Culture of empathy Engineering empathy

33. Engineering empathy

34. AUTOMATION AUTONOMY CULTURE Summary

35. Thank you! CHRIS MOUNTFORD • DEVELOPER ZEALOT • ATLASSIAN • @CHROMOSUNDRIFT