We started in 2013 internally with a GitLab instance for our team, made code.siemens.com out of it on November 5th 2015 and scaled it up to over 30000 users in house. Developers from > 60 countries are collaborating across internal organisational boundaries day by day. Beside of providing a reliable service for all developers, we've established a global community that is helping each other and we kicked of a significant cultural change within Siemens
3. “A complex system that works is invariably found to
have evolved from a simple system that worked.
A complex system designed from scratch never
works and cannot be patched up to make it work.
You have to start over with a working simple
system.”
John Gall, 1975
5. Responsible, excellent and innovative
● Industrial, Electrical and Digital
● Independent Sub-Companies
● Focus on B2B
● No washing machines...
● Employees: ~380’000
● Software Developers: ~20’000
● Countries: ~190
● Open Jobs: ~5’600 ;-)
Power Generation Rail Automation Vehicle Systems
Industrial Automation Building Automation CNC Controls
Industrial Communication Medical Imaging
9. • Strong collaborative mindset, cross silo thinkers
• Full Stack Engineers (Architecture, Development, etc.)
• Experience as open source contributor or maintainer
• The platform itself is used to build the platform
Team Charter of code.siemens.com, 2015
10. • Collaborate on code and share it within minutes
• Speed up Time to Market
• Empower people and push ownership culture
• Set the technological foundation for future business models
Vision of code.siemens.com, 2015