Getting a Seat at the Table: How Engineering Can Prove Its Business Impact
summary
Panelists give concrete ways engineering wins a seat: translate dev metrics into executive outcomes, prioritize availability and mean time to recovery over vanity velocity stats, and treat roadmap as one backlog with shared accountability. One team replaces Shopify for 70 sites, negotiates better Stripe rates to cut operating costs, then expands to run 250 sites for another division. Enterprise integrations typically take about six months, so focus on reliable delivery to build trust and influence.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:26Leadership panel intro
- 4:35Engineering cost vs innovation
- 8:53Engineering to business outcomes
- 13:28Balancing innovation and maintenance
- 15:57System reliability defense
- 19:53Earning trust for a seat
- 23:29Shared accountability with product
- 24:33Business value focus
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