How to scale Mendix teams - Mx meetup jan 28 2021
- 1. How to scale Mendix Teams
- 2. Rene van Hofwegen Mendix trainer, Mendix MVP Founder Low-codeacademy rene.vanhofwegen@lowcodeacademy.com Derek Gardiner Chief Technology Officer at Comotion Business Solutions & Seed Analytics derek.gardiner@comotion.co.za
- 4. • Deliver a first app • Short development cycles • Demonstrate collaboration Business & IT • Celebrate success
- 5. • Build upon start experience • Structure your approach • Root for right architecture • Re-use, component-based development • Team forming • Structure for success
- 6. • Improve governance • Portfolio management • Continuous integration • Align Mode 1 & 2 • Build CoE • Scaled success
- 9. OPS UX designer LEAD/COACH Product Owner Architect QA & Test Advanced developer Rapid developer Business Owner Meet the People … SME / User Business Dev team Enablement & Support
- 10. LEAD/COACH Advanced developer Rapid developer Dev team Meet the People
- 11. Talk to me about Mendix JAVA JavaScript React Native CSS/HTML REST/SOAP DATAHUB!!! Micro architecture Kubernetes Azure … I’m your Technical engineer Talk to me about Project management Scrum Design thinking Team leadership User experience Stakeholder management Requirement engineering Sprint planning Backlog management … I’m your Business engineer The Two headed Mendix Dragon
- 12. Soft skills The T/∏/ Person Mendix UX Project Hard skills People …. Integration Front end Cloud ….. Mendix Project Project UX People Front end Integration Cloud …. ….. Ш
- 13. The Mendix Advanced Developer Mendix UX Project Integration Front end Cloud Mendix Project UX Front end Integration Cloud People …. ….
- 14. The Mendix Expert Developer Mendix UX Project People …. Integration Front end Cloud ….. Mendix Project Project UX UX People Front end Integration Cloud …. …..
- 15. The Mendix Two Headed Dragon Mendix UX Project People …. Integration Front end Cloud ….. Mendix Project Project UX People Front end Integration Cloud …. …..
- 16. OPS UX designer Architect QA & Test Meet the People … Enablement & Support
- 17. UX designer Mendix UX Project Front end UX Front end
- 18. Mendix (Enterprise) Architect Mendix Integration Cloud Integration Cloud Mendix
- 20. Mendix QA - Test Project ….. Project Testing
- 21. What do you need in your team toolbox ? • What kind of applications • Internal • B2B • B2C • Which infrastructure? • Mx cloud • Private cloud • Internal servers • Landscape • Single apps • Integration w/ external systems • Micro services • Application size • Start, Structure, Scale?
- 22. Architect Start Bus. owner Product Owner SME/User The “ Go Make it team”
- 23. UX OPS Architect QA Test Enablement & support Structure Product Owner SME/User The Mendix dev. team
- 24. LEAD/COACH UX OPS Architect QA Test Enablement & support Scale Product Owner(s) SME(s)/ User(s) LEAD/COACH
- 25. Where do you find your team?
- 26. Find Mendix developers • Recruit internal & train • Tech skilled > Development skills • Business skilled > domain specific knowledge • Hire Mendix developers • Reality = Hard • No solution in the end • Hire & train ? • Tech or business skilled • Young professionals > new blood, eager, innovation
- 27. How to train developers?
- 28. Learning is / Skill development is
- 29. PLAN
- 30. Practice
- 34. Thought process over knowledge
- 35. How to facilitate training?
- 36. How to improve your team
- 37. Learning in a team • Culture of innovation • Culture of progress • Culture of knowledge sharing. • FedEx days • Experiment • Development framework • Developer scorecard for needed skills • Goal and vision of the company • Someone responsible for skill development -> NOT HR !!!!
- 38. LOW-CODE ACADEMY Schotdeuren 17 Arkel rene.vanhofwegen@lowcodeacademy.com http://lowcodeacademy.com