🤖Development Function

The developer is the technical guru who codes and helps make the deigned experience a reality.

A role is not a person! Learn more about Function vs. Commitment vs. Person here.

How to Train for the Development Function

Read The Agile Handbook

Read the Service Leadership Handbook

Take the Servant Leadership Masterclass

Take the Agile UX Masterclass

Take the Product Requirements Masterclass

Take the Product Operations Masterclass

What is it?

Development deals with making designs a reality through technology. It may involve many different aspects and programming languages based on what's being built. A development professional often knows many programming languages.

Development Function in Tech Fleet vs. Other Companies

Who "Wears the Hats" at companies in the Development function? It depends!

Here's a visual breakdown of roles:

A breakdown of how the development and solutions architecture functions work at different companies. Credit: Tech Fleet.

1. There could be one person playing the front-end development function, one person playing the back-end development function, and one person playing the solutions architecture function.

2. There could be one person playing the front-end development function and another one person playing the back-end development function plus solutions architecture function.

3. There could be one person playing all functions: the front-end development function, back-end development function, and solutions architecture function.

In Tech Fleet, development function is a a combination of the front-end development and back-end development functions.

Daily Responsibilities

Here's a Tech Fleet Figjam template anyone can use showing cross-functional Agile team responsibilities.

The development function typically owns a combination of 2 commitments:

1. Front-end development

2. Back-end development

What They Own

1. Developing code

2. Documentation of code

3. Deployment of code

4. Reviewing upcoming work to ensure it's feasible and technically possible to do

Daily Tasks

• Coding front-end languages

• Coding back-end languages

• Developing databases

• Developing server-side scripts

• Deploying code into repositories

• Testing code that was deployed

• Documenting the coding decisions that have been made

Breakdown of Responsibilities

Here are some RACI charts depicting the daily tasks that a development function is responsible for, and how they work with other teams:

RACI for Development Operations

This is a RACI chart showing the development activities on teams. Credit: Tech Fleet.

You might be a Developer if

1. You like logic

2. You like systems thinking

3. You like coding

4. You like technical functions

Cross-functional Collaboration

1. With the Client - facilitate requirements discussions; gather insight and feedback about the solutions being delivered

2. With UX Research - drive the priorities of research based on the product roadmap / plans

3. With the Project Management - facilitate meetings and discussions; pair up to work together on deliverables

4. With UX Design - drive the priorities and requirements of UX design based on the product roadmap / plans

5. With UX Writing - drive the priorities of UX writing based on the product roadmap / plans

Role Expectations

• Work with the product strategy team to refine requirements based on planned work

• Collaborate with solutions architecture team to design the system that’s being built based on project needs

• Code either front-end, back-end, or middle layer code as described with the project needs

• Deploy code once finished Document code as written

• Collaborate with the product strategy, UX research, and UX design teams to ensure that the user experience is delivered properly based on product requirements

Common Deliverables

1. Deployed code

2. Coding documentation