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Lean Development Prac0ces
Pascal-‐Louis Perez & John Hitchings
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A Show in Three Acts
Act I – Where we learn about Wealthfront Act II – Big ideas and Useful Frameworks Act III – A look at Con0nuous Deployment
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ACT I -‐ WEALTHFRONT
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“ Democra0zing outstanding investment managers. ”
Quick Facts about Wealthfront
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$11,000,000,000,000
Assets Managed by Mutual Funds in the US
Quick Facts about Wealthfront
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• Managing a liVle over $200,000,000* • Processing over $2,000,000/day • Highly regulated – By the SEC, as a Registered Investment Advisor – By FINRA, as a Broker Dealer – Member SIPC
• We’re a technology company • No Ops, no QA team
Alchemist Startup Primer / @pascallouis / @wltheng * ~ $35 AUM, $165 AUA
Quick Facts about Wealthfront
ACT II – BIG IDEAS
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startuop
startup company
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Core/Context Analysis Framework
CoreProcess createsdifferentiation thatwins customers
ContextAll other processes
Mission CriticalProcess shortfall createsserious and immediate risk
Non Mission CriticalAll other processes
Differentiation
Risk
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ACT III – CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT
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Ship to PROD 30+/day
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M T W T F M T W T F
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Timeline
Development
Cut a Release
QA Stage Release
Integrate Patches
Fix P1 Bugs
2-‐8 Weeks
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Integrate Patches
Fix P1 Bugs
Cut a Release
Stage
Timeline, Revisited
5-‐10 Minutes
Experiments Monitoring
Development QA Release Deployment
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or Tes0ng
Life of a Deployment
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Life of a Deployment
DM PM PM PM
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Life of a Deployment
DM PM PM
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Life of a Deployment
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• Self Test • Increased monitoring
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Life of a Deployment
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• Exponen0ally increasing group sizes • Automated rollback if needed
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The 5 Essen0als
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Con0nuous Deployment
Immune System
Con0nuous Integra0on
Test Driven Development
Culture
And That’s All Folks
Act I – Where we learn about Wealthfront Act II – Big ideas and Useful Frameworks Act III – A look at Con0nuous Deployment
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Great Books
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