The Paved Road at Netflix: At the junction of freedom and responsibility
The Paved Road, a concept formalizing a set of expectations and commitments between centralized and local teams, is absolutely critical to Netflix's culture of freedom and responsibility. Dianne Marsh shares how Netflix uses this promised path of well-integrated, supported tools toward its polyglot strategy, creating boundaries so that the company can provide value without being overwhelmed.
| Talk Title | The Paved Road at Netflix: At the junction of freedom and responsibility |
| Speakers | Dianne Marsh (Netflix) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Open Source Convention |
| Conf Tag | Making Open Work |
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Date | May 8-11, 2017 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Netflix has a culture of freedom and responsibility, which balances the freedom to make decisions with responsibility to your team, other colleagues, and the company. This introduces complexity for centralized teams, who often take on responsibility for other team’s decisions. The Paved Road, a concept formalizing a set of expectations and commitments between centralized and local teams, is absolutely critical to Netflix’s culture of freedom and responsibility. It’s a promise of a path of least resistance, providing well-integrated, supported machinery to enable engineers to focus on delivering their core business value. Dianne Marsh shares how Netflix uses this promised path of well-integrated, supported tools toward its polyglot strategy, creating boundaries so that the company can provide value without being overwhelmed. You’ll leave with strategies for adapting your development tooling and practices to match the culture of your company and understand how to socialize those decisions. While your coworkers may not always like your choices, this session may help you avoid a few potholes along the way.
