With Great Trust Comes Great Responsibility

Michael Kutz

11:15 - 12:15 CEST, Thursday 18th June

How to Super Empower Teams to Continuously Deliver High Quality Software

16 years ago I worked as a junior developer on a huge project. The situation was bleak. Release trains with rigid schedules, only to be followed by long bug fixing phases. It was close to unbearable, probably nobody enjoyed working there, and the delivered quality was way below desired standards.

One year later, many things had changed in the project’s structure. Suddenly, I worked on a team that delivered high quality even before deadlines were met, which found their own creative ways to do so and had a lot of fun at work. It was like we were bit by a radioactive spider and developed superpowers.

Ever since that team, I tried to reproduce that spirit in any team I joined. To find the radioactive spider that bit us. Sometimes I succeeded, sometimes I did not.

In this keynote, I will tell you about my attempts. About things that seemed super important, but turned out to be mere details. And about details that seemed unimportant, yet turned out to be essential. About why today I think that trust is the most important and first component, and what other components are essential when building a team with the super power to continuously deliver high quality software in the most efficient way.

Session Speakers

Michael Kutz

Entropy Data, Germany

Michael Kutz is a Staff Engineer at Entropy Data and the creator of the open-source testing tool ApproveJ (approvej.org).

Having spent nearly 12 years as a Principal Engineer at REWE digital, he has spearheaded test automation, SRE practices, and enterprise-wide QA standards.

As an international speaker, Michael is deeply fascinated by the intersection of code and human psychology. His current focus is how metrics and cognitive biases subconsciously drive our behavior, shaping agile processes and software quality.

When he is not analyzing complex systems, he enjoys lacing up his running shoes, gaming, and exploring sci-fi universes.

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