Amir Friedman, Martin Reynolds & Yair Etziony

Empowering Developer Innovation - Balancing Speed, Security, and Scale

What if the most secure path was also the easiest one for your developers? Learn how to balance speed and control with self-service platforms.

Empowering Developer Innovation - Balancing Speed, Security, and Scale
#1about 2 minutes

Balancing developer self-service with security and compliance

Use guardrails and golden paths to empower developers in regulated environments while maintaining necessary controls.

#2about 4 minutes

Measuring the impact of self-service initiatives

Track DORA metrics and vulnerability scan results to quantitatively measure improvements, supplemented by qualitative feedback loops.

#3about 4 minutes

Streamlining toolchains to improve developer efficiency

Move from ticket-based systems to self-serve infrastructure with reusable modules to reduce toil and create a safe space for experimentation.

#4about 5 minutes

Setting meaningful metrics without encouraging gaming

Use metrics with context to facilitate intelligent discussions about performance rather than enforcing universal, gameable targets.

#5about 6 minutes

Aligning engineering culture with strategic business goals

Secure executive buy-in and create innovation sandboxes to align the engineering culture with broader business objectives like speed and reliability.

#6about 6 minutes

Assessing the impact of AI on developer productivity

While AI can increase code output, its true impact on productivity must be measured carefully, considering adoption challenges and the continued need for human review.

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