20x your high-performing agile delivery team
summary
Claims a 20x growth from ~10 to ~200 people and shows concrete results: MyResponder with ~20,000 registrants and 50+ lives saved, a municipal complaints app, a grants recommender, and a skills‑based MOM job‑matching system using AI/NLP launched April. Teams run on OpenShift containers with CI/CD and image scanning, use HATS (high agile testing solution), hire via scouting → coding challenge → paid program → team lunch, run internships (15–20 at a time), permit team self‑selection, use peer nominations via Election Runner and regular one‑on‑ones.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:04Gothic GovTech background
- 7:10Digital services
- 11:12Hiring challenges
- 13:02Scouting talent
- 15:48Coding challenges
- 18:17Cross-functional squads
- 20:27Self-selection
- 22:34Peer feedback
- 26:10Promotion process
- 27:58Recommended readings
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