NICK MENERE • J IRA DEV MANAGER • ATLASS IAN • @GOODNICK
Innovation ain’t Easy:LESSONS LEARNT FROM 8 YEARS IN THE TRENCHES
AT ATLASSIAN
2005 - 20% Time Experiment
We’ll be completely honest – so
that others can learn from our experiences
MIKE CANNON-BROOKES , ATLASS IAN, 2005
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• No Roadmaps
• No Managers
• Product Managers?
• No Worries!
The Early Years
Fedex ShipIt
• Few Rules
• 10 Developers
• No Competition
• 1 Day
• Lots of Pizza
• Just Show Off
2005 - The First Fedex
• Quarterly
• Game On!
• Teams & Finals
• 2 Days
• More than just Developers
• Delivery Focus?
The Evolution of ShipIt
Idea Generation
• Elastic Bamboo
• Side By Side Diffs in FishEye
• Task List Macroin Confluence
• ViewPort
ShipIt Successes
Zero Failures!!
To have a great idea, have lots
of them.
THOMAS A . EDISON
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20%
• Crowd Sourced Ideas
• A Motivator
• A Marketing Tool
• An Investment
What is 20%
• A day a week
• Innovation Weeks
• Bootcamp
• Incubator
• How much time do we really take?
Different Teams / Different Models
Don’t call it 20%!
• Unicorn Platform
• JIRA 4.3 - 50% of Release Notes
• JQL Auto-complete
• Raphaël
• 100s of others
20% Successes
Failing at 20%
Google’s “20% time,” is now as good as deadQUARTZ”“
Google 'kills' perk that gave users Gmail, GtalkThe T imes of Ind ia”“
Google cuts back on 20% me-time: Can innovation be the work of one department?
Smart Company”“Is this the beginning of the end of Google’s golden age of innovation?
Investor P lace”“Google plants seeds for its innovation destruction
Smart P lanet”“
Our roadmap is too full.
EVERY MANAGER
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We can’t trust developers with a
percentage of our roadmap?
EVERY BUSINESS OWNER
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We don’t want devs hacking, we
want them coding.
EVERY DEV MANAGER
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Is it worth it?
EVERY STAKEHOLDER
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Thank you!
NICK MENERE • J IRA DEV MANAGER • ATLASS IAN • @GOODNICK
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