Moon to Mars: Planning and executing for the long term
summary
Builds a site-wide app shell refactor to enable progressive web app features, phases work so each phase ships value, and measures success with Lighthouse >90 tracked by SpeedCurve monitoring. Runs synthetic tests, layered progressive enhancement experiments, and short dress rehearsals. Sees metrics worsen briefly because faster pages surface more slow-device sessions, investigates and confirms true performance gains, and ultimately enables PWA rollout and improved business and developer outcomes.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:17Moon to Mars Planning and executing for the long term
- 7:04Sending human explorers 250,000 miles to the Moon, then 140 million miles to Mars, requires a bold vision, effective program management, funding for modern systems development and mission operations, and support from our partners across the globe.
- 7:30Infrastructure investment enables future work
- 8:21Partner with teams outside of your org
- 16:13Get feedback early and often
- 23:34Bold Vision: Architect as force multiplier
- 27:591. Cross the A- Establish relationships and communication channels across reporting lines.
- 28:33Use continuous testing and measurement to gain confidence and trust in your long term goals.
- 28:46Step back so the team can step forward
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