Engineering Enablement by Abi Noda

This week we’re joined by Justin Wright and Matthew Dimich, who lead Platform Engineering and Engineering Enablement at Thomson Reuters. Justin and Matt give an inside look at how they’ve evolved their organization’s structure and approach over the past 8 years.

Discussion points: 
  • (1:03) Founding the platform team
  • (5:49) The current organizational structure
  • (9:00) Key initiatives the platform organization is focused on
  • (12:55) The enablement function within platform
  • (16:44) What drove the engagement function’s growth
  • (19:42) The value of having an enablement function
  • (24:05) Marketing the enablement team’s work
  • (29:47) How enablement interfaces with other platform teams
  • (33:22) Managing the work enablement focuses on
  • (36:55) The balance of requests vs proactive work

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Creators & Guests

Host
Abi Noda
Abi is the founder and CEO of DX (getdx.com), which helps engineering leaders measure and improve developer experience. Abi formerly founded Pull Panda, which was acquired by GitHub.

What is Engineering Enablement by Abi Noda?

This is a weekly podcast focused on developer productivity and the teams and leaders dedicated to improving it. Topics include in-depth interviews with Platform and DevEx teams, as well as the latest research and approaches on measuring developer productivity. The EE podcast is hosted by Abi Noda, the founder and CEO of DX (getdx.com) and published researcher focused on developing measurement methods to help organizations improve developer experience and productivity.