Sara
Spalding
Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft
"Chess for Success; Distributed Engineering and COVID-19"
"Chess for Success; Distributed Engineering and COVID-19"
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Session: Chess for Success; Distributed Engineering and COVID-19
Digital transformation has been a hot topic for organizations before COVID-19, but the implementation, transition, and adoption has been rapidly sped up by this global pandemic. How organizations pivot to handle the new world has dramatically influenced the struggles and successes of businesses across the world. Digital technologies are altering the economics of markets, developing new ways to deliver value to customers, and modifying competitive landscapes. These changes are a result of the 4 types of digital transformation: business processes, business models, domains, and cultural or organizational transformation.I want to discuss the digital transformation ‘chess moves’ that successful tech businesses have taken in response to the crisis, such as the implementation or development of distributed engineering teams as well as the challenges associated. How do you build an agile, innovative team that can work together in a distributed capacity? The Commercial Software Engineering (CSE) team at Microsoft has a lot of experience in distributed engineering and I would love to share our experience in that field, but additionally I would like to discuss some of the challenges and pivots we have had to make as we manage distributed teams and virtual customer relationships.