This presentation was delivered in March 2024 at Laracon India Udaipur by Sylvain Reiter from CACI Ltd. Sylvain outlines 10 key lessons learned from over 10 years of Laravel software development at CACI (formerly Cyber-Duck). The lessons focus on how the company reshaped its software development process to incorporate product management, stakeholder engagement, and governance. The main points covered are: 1- Successful Laravel projects must align with the business vision and strategy. 2- Collaboration, communication, and documentation build trust and success. 3- A service design and user-centered approach is vital. 4- Software architecture matters but needs to remain flexible. 5 - Automation adds value to everyone involved. 6 - Proper maintenance pays dividends for the technology and the entire business. 7 - A lean approach delivers sustainability and scalability. 8 - An agile delivery model should be pragmatically adjusted based on the situation and circumstances. 9 - Governance and compliance, though tedious, are often unavoidable. 10 - Contributing back to the community is important. The presentation highlights how incorporating these lessons into their development process has led to successful global expansion, long-term recurring revenue, and a proud team with a good case study. CACI is actively hiring Lead and Senior Developers in London (UK) and Hyderabad/Pune (India). The company has also published a whitepaper endorsed by Laravel's founder, covering topics like planning, architecture, collaboration, design, documentation, and specification for Laravel development.

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Laracon India 2024

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Hello, I am Sylvain

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We were Cyber-Duck

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We are CACI
We empower people-centred digital transformation and experiences.
Digital strategy
& service design
UX and product
design
Application
development
Content & experience
platforms
Cloud &
DevOps
Digital & data
optimisation

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We love Laravel

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Our clients too…

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The story of a typical project
A great client
idea
An experienced
development team
Launch of the
MVP in six months

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But then
Client changes and
business pivot
No scalable
architecture
Project destined to
fall…

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My mission for today
10 lessons from 10+ years
How we reshaped our software development
process to consider product management,
stakeholder engagement and governance.

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Lesson one
Successful Laravel
projects must align
with business vision
and strategy

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Lesson two
Collaboration,
communication and
documentation build
trust and success

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Lesson three
A service design
and user-centred
approach is vital

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Lesson four
Architecture
matters… but needs
to remain flexible

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Lesson five
Automation adds
value… to everyone!

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Lesson six
Maintenance pays
dividends for the
tech and the entire
business

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Lesson seven
Less is more – a lean
approach delivers
sustainability and
scalability

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Lesson eight
Pragmatic Agile –
adjust delivery model
based on situation
and circumstances

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Lesson nine
Governance and
compliance: boring,
tedious but often
unavoidable

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Lesson ten
Contribute back to
the community

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The results
A global expansion
in progress
Long-term
recurring revenue
Proud team and
good case study

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Come and join us
What?
Lead and Senior Devs
Where?
Hyderabad & Pune
How?
Apply (web/LinkedIn)

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More resources

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Our whitepaper
"Laravel has evolved into a world-leading web
development framework with the depth and
breadth to build a myriad of applications and
platforms. In this white paper, CACI covers
important topics like planning, architecture,
collaboration, design, documentation, and
specification.
I think there is something for anyone that works
in the Laravel universe in this paper. "
Taylor Otwell
Founder and CEO of
Laravel

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