Replatform in a Year or Die: The Tale of a Turnaround • Ken Scambler • YOW! 2021

This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2021. #GOTOcon #YOW https://yowcon.com Ken Scambler - Software Architect at MYOB @kenscambler4618 RESOURCES https://bsky.app/profile/kenscambler.me https://hachyderm.io/@kenbot https://kenscambler.me https://github.com/kenbot https://x.com/KenScambler https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-scambler-34aa4a2 ABSTRACT In 2020, MYOB’s web users saw a major upgrade and a notable increase in stability and rate of feature delivery. What they didn’t see was a behind-the-scenes existential crisis of accumulated tech debt that led to a vast replatform with a hard deadline, racing against the clock to get the company back in the game. Ken will tell the story of how they had to rethink everything about how they planned, structured, wrote, and delivered software; how the architecture, software, teams, systems of work, and org structure had to fit together as a whole; hard lessons learnt under pressure at scale; and how it catapulted the company forward from there. [...] https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #SoftwareEngineering #Complexity #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #KenScambler #MYOB #TechDebt #TechnicalDebt #Replatform #SoftwareArchitecture #YOWcon CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1