Developing Leadership Creating Alignment in Superstar Engineering Teams with Phil Calçado
Jan 24, 2023
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Autonomy Breeds Fragmentation
- Microservices often arise to increase team autonomy but can create many small companies inside one organization.
- OKRs and alignment processes are key tools to prevent teams from diverging into duplicated systems.
Four Ledgers, One Aggregation Headache
- At PicPay four teams independently built separate ledger systems until a feed surfaced inconsistencies.
- The duplication forced creation of an aggregation service and revealed the need for a core product-platform ledger.
Use RFCs To Align, Not Approve
- Use RFCs to build alignment and visibility rather than gatekeeping approvals.
- Encourage broad review and discussion so teams avoid duplicating core services across the company.