How "you build it, you run it" improves team performance

The philosophy of “you build it, you run it” allows teams to flourish in the midst of their autonomy.

The philosophy of “you build it, you run it” empowers teams to fully own their work. In 2006, Amazon’s CTO Werner Vogels explained, “The traditional model is that you take your software to the wall that separates development and operations, and throw it over and then forget about it. Not at Amazon. You build it, you run it. This brings engineers into contact with the day-to-day operation of their software.”

When I began my tech career in 2014, this approach was uncommon and sometimes considered impossible to implement.

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