PHP Conference Argentina 2013

1. Janis Janovskis
Buenos Aires
October 4 2013
Leading Open Source development
team on large scale Cloud based
systems

3. Janis Janovskis
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130 kgs
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Senior Developer
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???
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Only 92 kgs
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Scalable
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Passionate
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4. What is cloud?

6. Create or find cloud architecture example

9. ?
@source http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/020711-ecs-quotes.html

10. What is then ?
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Don't know
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Service
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Delivery
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Software
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Customer
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System
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Scalable

11. What are people?

12. Individual
@todo – insert an image of an individual!!

13. Swarm, mass …

14. Team?

15. Why to lead?

16. PEOPLE
“Excellent leaders add value to their people
and help them to become better than they
would worked alone.”
John Maxwell

17. Team

18. Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't
matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying
we've done something wonderful... that's
what matters to me.
Steve Jobs

19. Clients

20. Community

21. @todo – quote about community lead
@source https://twitter.com/Dries/status/246158196119568384

22. How to lead?

24. Your team
“He who thinketh he leadeth and hath no
one following him is only taking a walk”
Leadership proverb

25. Your Team
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They are your friends
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Let them make mistakes
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Build your trust in them
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How are you getting on?
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“Take your lunch now!!!”

26. Clients
If you can't explain
It simply,
you don't understand
it well enough.

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Clients have to be trained
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Learn from them
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Have a pint, mate!
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Enjoy experience
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Celebrate

28. Community
@todo Insert a relevant quote
@source https://twitter.com/nickygumbel/status/384951800203591680

29. Cloud applications?

30. Divide tasks

31. Assign roles

32. Set boundaries

33. Case studies?

34. Save The Children
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600 people (UK office)
6 people digital team
Agile
Leadership Initiative
1 manager
rd
3 party teams

35. Project owner
Developer team
Project manager

36. Wunderkraut

37. @source http://wunderkraut.com/blog/how-to-fail-in-a-drupal-project-fixed-price-contracts/2013-07-10

38. ✔
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Micro-teams
Cross border teams
No actual management
Leadership
No headquarters
Pure agile

39. Conclusion

40. Leadership checklist
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Lead, don't ...
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Be visionary
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Use discernment
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Show example
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Give more

41. Leadership ...
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Is challenging
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Is discipline
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Can be fun
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Is to build, not demolish
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Is changing

42. Acknowledgments
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My wife
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Martin Layzel
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Ernests Gabrans
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Nick Capeling
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Ron Chambers
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Aprox … 1000 publications/books

43. Gracias :):)
@PASSIVUS
passivemanagement.net

44. Q&A