Global Team Development in Software Engineering
In a fast-paced software engineering environment, Vikas Sinha, Senior Vice President at CA Technologies, leads a global team across various locations to drive innovation and product development. With a strong background in software engineering and management, Vikas emphasizes the importance of agile methodologies, customer participation, and values-driven leadership for successful project execution. The complexities of managing a globally distributed team require thought leadership, strategic thinking, and effective communication skills to ensure successful project implementation. Embracing a global environment, Vikas advocates for a unified development process, structured organizational setup, and appreciation for diverse cultures to foster collaboration and drive consistent performance metrics and rewards.
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Working in a global team Vikas Sinha Senior Vice President, Software Engineering Data Management Business Unit, Mainframe Division CA Technologies
Background Working in Software Engineering field 23yrs Engineering management 18 yrs Previous employers Florida Atlantic Univ, SPSS, IBM Taught undergrad courses in College of Engineering Operating system development OS/2, AIX Statistical applications, Predictive Analytics Universities attended Northwestern, Florida Atlantic, Sri Venkateswara (India) SVP Software Engineering, CA Technologies Part of the Mainframe division Responsible for technology and products in the areas of Databases, DB Tools, Security and Compliance, and Big Data Areas of interest: Data Management, Analytics, passionate about lifelong learning
Global Team 3 - - - - - - - Lisle, IL Ewing , NJ Plano, TX Framingham, MA Santa Clara, CA Prague, Czech Republic Hyderabad, India
Development Approach Agile methodology Customer participation Charter, Release plans, EOS reviews User groups Scrum teams Co-located Approx size ~8-10 Self-directed teams Full stack engineers Governance Values driven leadership through empowerment and encouragement Roles: Functional (R&D) managers, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Product Manager Frequent incremental releases Fail fast
Complexities of a globally distributed team Thought Leadership Execution Strategic Tactical Creative Thinking Intellectual Thinking Design Implementation Customer facing Back office Language and Communication skills
Working in a global environment Single unified development process Structured dev organizations Defined responsibility no ambiguity in ownership Encouragement to ask Why? Big picture view. Appreciation for global colleagues and organization - treat everyone equally - understand cultures, understand time zones, rotate meeting times so all global participants are equally inconvenienced/accommodated, communication technologies that work for all. Global consistency - same performance metrics, same rewards
My World Predictability Accountability Transparency Frequent incremental releases End of sprint reviews Zero defect initiative Scorecard approach: Who/What/When Weekly status check Deep dives organizational visibility Product Well defined single unified development process Team velocity charts Sprint burndown charts Meetings open to all Participation by all stakeholders Change control Understand failures and proactively change to prevent re-occurance Clear ownership of responsibilities Consistent reporting (one way to count beans) Process Commitment (once committed, will deliver) Eliminate surprises Clear absolute goals Single owner (one throat to choke) No tolerance for finger pointing Performance evaluation Compensation planning People
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