Paving the Road to Effective Software Development

Explore the concept of the "paved road" approach to effective software development in this insightful conference talk by Sarah Wells at PlatformCon LDN. Delve into the balance between autonomous cross-functional teams and the need for centralized platform capabilities. Learn how platform teams can act as enablers, providing essential tooling and services for common capabilities such as DNS, content delivery, cloud provisioning, and observability. Discover strategies for managing vendor relationships and offering insights to product development teams. Examine the importance of striking a balance between team autonomy and organizational standards, avoiding both a technological free-for-all and overly rigid mandates. Gain valuable insights from Wells' experience leading the engineering enablement group at the Financial Times, and understand how the paved road concept can be applied to improve software development processes in your organization.