1) The document discusses the history and growth of a software craftsmanship community at DATEV, a large German enterprise, since 2012. 2) Key events included the introduction of Clean Code training, code retreats and dojos, community meetings, and bringing in outside knowledge. 3) The community has grown over the years to include over 100 participants in events by 2017, but challenges remain in bringing in new members and outside perspectives.

1. Change needs a mover
Growing a software craftsmanship
community for a large enterprise

2. Who are we?
„Maddin“
Agile Coach & Community Gardener
@martinheider
O|i
Software Craftsman @ DATEV
@olsharoth
Andy & Daniel
Software Craftsmen @ DATEV
@Fischermaen & @DBCoding

3. The„Youth“ Who Went Forth …
SCC @ DATEV history since 2012

4. 2012
Andy is tasked with introducing
„Clean Code“

5. 2012
The first Clean Code training fails

6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/brainsluice/359291570/
2012
Retrospective

7. 2012
Brainstorming ideas

8. 2012
The search for a new trainer

9. 2012
The responsible software developer

10. 2013
Changing the training room

11. 2013
First community meeting with
monthly events afterwards

12. 2013
The new training - pilot event

13. 2013
Slowly establishing coding dojos

14. 2013
Booth at In-house Developer Day

15. 2013
First Code Retreat (introduction, 5 sessions,
retrospectives and networking)

16. 2014
Visibility is key

17. 2014
Code Retreats No. 2 and 3

18. 2014
Participants selected by lottery

19. 2014
The first Developer Awards

20. 2014
Monthly community meetings

21. 2014
Colleagues visit SoCraTes for the first time

22. 2015
Moving to the IT Campus

23. 2015
Code Retreats 4 thru 7

24. 2015
The first Legacy Code Retreat

25. 2015
Code Retreats: Strategy day

26. 2015
More community activities

27. 2016
„Make it part of your job description“

28. 2016
Knowledge from the outside

29. 2016
Marketing in 2016

30. 2016
A mentor for the community

31. 2016
Code Retreats 8 thru 11

32. 2016
Global Day of Code Retreat

33. 2016
Code Retreats: Organisers retro

34. 2016
Code Retreats: Second strategy day

35. 2017
Community meetings: A dedicated team

36. 2017
„Hackerkegeln“ and more

37. 2017
Rules by the community, for the community

38. 2017
DATEV sponsors SoCraTes

39. 2017
Code Retreats 12 thru 15

40. 2017
Some experiments fail

41. GDCR@DATEV: 100+ registrations
2017

42. 2018
Next steps?
New blood & more outside knowledge

43. Challenges

44. Questions
„Maddin“
Agile Coach & Community Gardener
@martinheider
O|i
Software Craftsman @ DATEV
@olsharoth
Andy & Daniel
Software Craftsmen @ DATEV
@DBCoding & @Fischermaen