This is the fourth post about our growth story. In the previous blog post we explained how bol. com realized an organizational change with YBIYRIYLI (You build it, you run it, you love it).
Our agile journey so far – Part 4: Servant leadersThis is the fifth and last post about our growth story. You’ve read about the history of bol. com and the process they made to reach their goal: landing on the moon.
Our agile journey so far – Part 5: Sustaining the changeIn the beginning of August, data science teams at bol.com came together for a dynamic two-day datathon. Collaborating with different teams from different disciplines, their mission was to re-imagine how we discover similar products. This innovative approach involved combining the insights of text (titles/descriptions) and images. To achieve this, they converted both text and image data into vectors and then find similar products by for example using a Faiss index and other.
Product Catalog Hackathon with Ai RecapWhen you build a service at bol. com your responsibility doesn’t end once the build is green. You’re actually supposed to run it (and keep it running) in production, too.
My baby was leaky and now it’s notAt the Berlin Buzzwords 2017 conference I had the chance to talk about our new measuring infrastructure at bol. com. The talk continued the story of the Measurement 2.
Berlin Buzzwords: Measuring 2.0 in productionBol. com features a fully responsive online store that adjusts its look and feel to the type and capabilities of the device and browser you’re using. This enhances usability, speed and conversion.
For better device profiling, delete your DDR!In this article we’ll first talk about the fundamentals of retrospectives: why they are important and how to structure a simple but effective version. We’ll address a common problem: no actions and/or actors are defined. Next, we’ll take it one step further, and discuss how to avoid “getting stuck” by regularly changing the format of your retrospectives. To top it off, I offer some more varied formats.
Bye Bye, Boring RetrospectivesAt bol. com we service millions of products to millions of customers, resulting in billions of pages each year. We want to create the most effective service to our visitors we possibly can.
Big, bigger, scalableAre you going to Agile Amsterdam? Be sure to check out bol. com on the 21st of September! Me and Mary Gouseti (Software Engineer) will be presenting a hands-on case from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM (track 1). You’re in for a treat, as we are pairing up to give you a complete picture.
Bol.com @ Agile Amsterdam 2017From a small online book store to an e-commerce platform with 7 million customers. That’s the short version of the bol. com story so far.
Our agile journey so far - Part 1: bol.com to the moon!