Tracking technology stacks, practices and experiences across teams

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast

Thoughtworks

Careers, Business, 907234, Technology

4.7 • 53 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Understanding your technology estate and how it's being leveraged is critical for organizations; it impacts everything from financial planning to capability development. But given the rapid pace of change — even inside a single company, let alone the wider industry — how can this be done effectively? One approach we've landed on at Thoughtworks is something called a Tech Dash: it's a method of internal research that surfaces information about an organization's technology use, and even software developers' experiences.

In this episode of the Technology Podcast, Camilla Crispim and Renan Martins talk to hosts Alexey Boas and Ken Mugrage about the value of a Tech Dash and explain how it can help track technology use. They also discuss where the idea came from and how they put it into practice across Thoughtworks Brazil.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the ThoughtWorks Technology Podcast.
0:11.4	My name is Alexei.
0:12.4	I'm speaking to you from Santiago in Chile and I will be one of your hosts this time,
0:16.9	together with Ken McGregge.
0:18.6	Hello, Ken.
0:19.6	Hi folks, it's Ken.
0:20.6	Speaking as always from Seattle,
0:21.9	Washington, the United States. Welcome. And this time around we'll talk about the Tech Dash. That's a
0:28.1	practice and an accompanying tool we've developed in ThoughtWorks to better understand technology
0:33.5	uses, technology practices, and excellence in our teams. And for that, I'm thrilled to have
0:39.4	Camilla Crispin and Henan Martins here with us. Maybe we can do a quick round of introductions.
0:45.4	So, Camila, would you mind introducing yourself?
0:48.5	Sure. Yeah. Thanks for the invitation. It's a pleasure to be here. I'm Camila. I'm based in San Paulo, Brazil.
0:57.0	I'm a principal consultant at Autorex, an engineer advisor, also part of the group that puts together the technology reader.
1:04.0	And, you know, I've been part of Renan's team, and that's where everything about the Tech Dash started.
1:12.6	Amazing, a pleasure to have you with us, Camila.
1:15.6	And how about you, Hannah?
1:16.6	Hi, everybody. It's great to be here. Thanks for inviting me to share about Tech Dash.
1:23.6	I'm Hannah Martins. I'm the regional head of technology of our digital engineering center in Latin America currently.
1:32.9	But TechDash came about a few years ago when we were leading technology in PopWorks, Brazil.
1:42.5	That's great, that's great. Amazing to have you with us.
1:45.3	So before we get into exactly what the tech dash is, maybe, maybe you can tell us a little bit
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