2. YPG
Who We Are
6
Expertise with national brands
Largest deals community in Canada
7.3 million
Monthly unique visitors
6.5 million
Downloads!
26%
of Canadians online
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9. YPG
DNA
Of
Change
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The
important
nucleotides
Tech
Standards Cool
TechFreedom
to
Innovate
Corporate
Culture
UrgencyAccountabilityTeam
Culture
10. YPG
Change
Is
Hard
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Beware
the
Iceberg
Hard Factors
Soft Factors
Processes
Company Objectives
Structures
Indicators
Power
Influence
Fear
Cultural Norms
Believe
Relationships
Wishes
Envy
Ethics
Habits
Privileges
26. YPG
1. Agile
Organization
– Development
– Product
formulation
– Measure
and
Fail
Fast
2. Key
enabler
for
Agile
Org
is
DevOps
3. Build
quality
in
–
part
of
the
process
– Automate
the
hell
out
of
it
– Use
consolidated
tools
and
approaches
–
innovate
where
it
matters
4. Search
platforms
and
capabilities
are
very
very
very
important
5. Near
real-‐time
analytics
allow
you
to
iterate
quickly
6. A
global
architecture
can
help
☺
7. Build
a
culture
of
engineering
8. Make
it
fun
–
people,
environment,
rewards
Top
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