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In partnership with DronaHQDon’t underestimate low-code in an AI world
A low-code platform can limit the drawbacks of AI-generated code.
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7 principles for balancing agility and durability
Engineering is a game of trade-offs – move fast and break things, or build slow and last forever? Know when to do which.
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The 6 warning signs of overengineering
How to look for the signs of overengineering in software, why it happens, and how to prevent unnecessary complexity to build maintainable systems.
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Culture, Clarity, Velocity
This session explores how leaders can examine proposed changes and prepare their teams to move from a culture that impedes progress to one that enables strategic change.
Editor’s picks
Productivity isn’t always fast
It can often feel like we aren’t being productive unless we’re working at max speed. But slow productivity is here to subvert that idea.
How to speed up code reviews
Code reviews don’t have to be painful. Here’s how to embrace tools and more collaborative processes to raise the bar on your review cycle.
Maintain team performance during unexpected change
You’ll have to experience change management at least once in your career. Make sure your teams can maintain performance through it all.
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
Speakers Gergely Orosz, Camille Fournier
and Lara Hogan confirmed
Essential reading
Should the daily stand-up die?
Will the real agile developers please stand up? Please stand up. Please, stand up.
On our Velocity playlist
Engineering owns velocity
In this talk, I’ll explore what engineering leaders need to do to credibly own velocity and deeply align their work with the company strategy.
Launching a Gen AI powered travel companion: A case for tiger teams
Explore Booking.com’s journey in launching a Gen AI travel companion in 3 months, powered by a tiger team approach for rapid, focused product development and innovation.
Goldilocks doesn’t need your story points or your t-shirts
Ben Murray believes there is only really one question you need to ask: is this task small enough?
How to drive pace in your team ??♀️
Alicia Collymore delivers actionable advice that’ll help you to improve your teams’ delivery and pace without a data-first approach.
Planning for success when scaling rapidly
Create goals, prioritize effectively, set expectations, and drive alignment.
The festival of engineering leadership
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
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The Beast Mode: How to supercharge your team to achieve an ambitious goal
Splitting teams into squads to boost productivity
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How to achieve better team performance through data-driven standups
Shifting the conversation to action
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How to break out of the thread of doom
Have you ever been stuck in an online conversation that’s going nowhere? Here are three techniques to break out of the ‘thread of doom’: the rollup summary, asking obvious questions and increasing the bandwidth of the conversation.
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Why the first two weeks are essential when building great software products
‘Your success hinges on the early beginnings.’
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Successfully integrating remote engineers
Combat the disadvantages in meetings for your distributed employees
Top Velocity videos
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Failing smarter and learning faster in engineering
Software development has been evolving. When I started in the industry, working at companies like Microsoft, we would bet many person-years of development and many millions of dollars into the development of products that would sometimes be hits and sometimes be total duds
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Documentation in Agile
We value “working software over comprehensive documentation”. That is, while there is value in documentation, we value working software more.
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Engineering retrospectives – Look back, move forward
Retrospectives are one of the most powerful tools in a team lead’s toolkit.
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The challenges and rewards of distributed teams
Distributed teams offer many benefits for employers and employees alike. Having a distributed team can make recruiting and retention easier, and it can help you build a diverse team.
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Growing an engineering organization with effective DevOps
Most of us hope that our engineering organizations will grow and scale with the success of our businesses, but that growth is often easier said than done.
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Intro to test-driven development
Does your team deal with bugs that could have been caught earlier in the development cycle?
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Tackling Big, Impossible Projects
Big, Impossible projects are exciting, transformative, and begin with an overwhelming number of unanswered questions.
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Reclaiming the Spirit of Agile
Do you follow Agile processes like Scrum, Kanban or XP… and yet struggling to deliver on time, under budget and without last-minute heroics? Why aren’t these supposedly best practices working for you?