Results & Deep Dive of Past Experiences¶
Team 1 Journey Through a 6-week Product Dojo¶
This team eagerly entered the Dojo looking to improve their software delivery capabilities. The team's main focus was to establish modern ways of working and utilize the new engineering delivery platform. Trusting the Dojo coaches, the team embarked on their continuous improvement journey.
Discovery¶
The charter was created in collaboration with the team to help uncover their current delivery process and define objectives & key results to accomplish during the Dojo.
Dojo Experience¶
As the 6-week immersive learning experience began, the team was on their way to remove silos and become more cross-functional.
- Work was done in their existing app components/repo
- Each day had specific goals and topics covered
- We leveraged huddle rooms for breakdown and working in groups
- MS Teams chat was the primary chat system for team communication
- Active participation by all members of the team
- Facilitated 50+ pair and mob sessions
End of the Dojo Accomplishments¶
Platform¶
- Everyone’s local machine setup with Docker and Minikube
- Documented local setup and added to README
- Built strategy to iterate on CircleCI pipeline locally
- Recorded multiple pairing sessions on setting up and running Docker locally
- Added branch CircleCI workflow
- Introduced the concept of Multi-stage Docker builds
Dev Practices¶
- Conducted Svelte learning session
- Covered NPM lifecycle and how to manage project dependencies
- Setup Zalenium locally and in the pipeline
- Stabilized dev workflow pipeline
- Created solution for Svelte environment variables
- Defined branch patterns for feature development
Ways of Working¶
- Documented new member onboarding process
- Paired with Ethan on Scrum recommendations
- Defined ways of working
- Solved dependency mapping for Jira tickets
- Defined team norms around protected code changes and pull requests
- Add branch permissions in Bitbucket to align with team norms
- Showcased progress to other teams and leadership
Skills Matrix¶
Skills matrix shows the impact Dojos make to individuals skill sets.
