Published in Ingeniously Simple·Apr 21, 2021Redgate’s Progression Framework Goes PublicWe’ve previously shared about our journey to a cohesive Progression Framework at Redgate. That framework has already helped people within our company to better understand their development opportunities and how to grow while they work with us. …Software Development2 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Feb 23, 2021Documentation as Code — Adventures with DocFxOne of the growing topics in technical authoring over the past few years has been Documentation as Code — a philosophy that “you should be writing documentation with the same tools as code”, rather than it being an awkward, disjoint part of your work. We wanted to get an idea…Technical Writing3 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Feb 12, 2021Software Leadership Roles at RedgateWe’ve already shared what a software engineering career looks like at Redgate, but there’s far more to the modern software organisation than engineering alone. One area we take special care of at Redgate is how we work together to build and deliver that software. This branch of our career progression…Careers4 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Jan 7, 2021What does an engineering career at Redgate look like?There’s no “one right way” to build software, and there’s no “one right way” to grow your career in software either. That can make it hard to know what to expect with different companies. We realised this at Redgate, and spent some time trying to understand what typical career paths…Software Engineering5 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Dec 15, 2020How Focusing on Outcomes led to a Progression FrameworkWe’ve recently shared about Redgate’s new Progression Framework, and how it’s helping folks at Redgate develop their skills and careers. But we also want to share how we got to pulling that framework together. It all started by looking at lightning talk attendance… Back in the mists of time Our journey started way back in 2018. …Learning And Development6 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Nov 25, 2020Lessons Learnt from an Asynchronous Book ClubBook clubs are a popular way for groups to work through a book or article together and share their insights. The obvious way to do that, remote or in-person, is to agree what to read, set a deadline, then get together to discuss your thoughts. …Learning3 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·May 29, 2020Planning: From Painful to ProductiveWorking as a team of internal coaches isn’t easy. We do complex work with a wide range of people, across many areas and levels within the company. A recurring challenge is planning and committing to work. With so many stakeholders, and so many things we could be doing, how do…Agile3 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Oct 10, 2019Sharing our approach to tracking the Accelerate “Four Key Metrics”Back in July we shared our early experience learning from the “Four Key Metrics” presented in Accelerate. A key part of our journey was making the metrics available within Redgate, by generating simple charts from existing version control data. We’re happy to share the code we use to do that. You can check out the RedGate.Metrics repo on Github. I hope it’s interesting for you, and look forward to sharing more of the lessons we’re learning soon.Dev Ops1 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Jul 25, 2019Learning from the Accelerate “Four Key Metrics”There’s been a lot of excitement about the book Accelerate, which summarises research from the past several years of the State of DevOps report (which Redgate sponsors). Perhaps the most popular topic is the “four measures of software delivery performance”, sometimes called “Accelerate metrics” or simply “four key metrics”. We’ve…Dev Ops5 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Jul 19, 2019Early Impacts of a Zero Bugs PolicySome of our teams at Redgate have adopted a Zero Bugs Policy. We’ve already shared some of our lessons learnt from this approach, but people have asked about the quantifiable impacts of the change. So far we’ve seen two. Impact on the teams Of our two trial teams, one was effectively taking a Zero…Customer Experience2 min read
