Saturday, October 21, 2023 · 1:00 PM–1:30 PM EDT

245 Church St, Toronto, ON M5B 2R2, Canada

BSides Toronto 2023

Move Fast and (Don't) Break Things

What does it take to have a successful SDLC program? In this talk, I step beyond the policy, and share my experiences turning a failing software development team into one that was both fast and reliability-oriented. There is a secret ingredient that can make your software development fast, reliable, and secure.

What does it take to have a successful SDLC program? In this talk, I step beyond the policy, and share my experiences turning a failing software development team into one that was both fast and reliability-oriented. There is a secret ingredient that can make your software development fast, reliable, and secure.

That secret ingredient is a culture of quality.

I will then share the three principles for building a culture of quality:

  1. Invest with Intention
  2. Engage with Engineering
  3. Transform with Time

I will also discuss at a high level how I implemented these principles in an environment facing severe headwinds, and what that means for your own adoption.