GEOGRAPHY
POLITICO’s Global Technology department is headquartered in this city.
What is Rosslyn? OR What is Arlington, VA?
This team creates the visual look and user experience functionality for POLITICO websites and products.
What is the Design team?
This department builds and maintains POLITICO websites.
What is Technology?
This person is a Front End Lead and also the host of Technology Jeopardy.
Who is Katherine Herbert?
This is a time-boxed period of development during which the development team collaboratively develops and tests an agreed-upon unit of work.
What is a sprint?
This person was hired in April 2023 to be POLITICO’s first even Global Technology Officer.
Who is Jeremy Bowers?
This team writes the code that powers the POLITICO websites.
What is Software Engineering? OR What is development?
This department works interdepartmentally to identify user needs and translate them into requirements.
What is Product?
This person works on the Help Desk team and recently married Anna Stubbs.
Who is Connor Foxwell?
Developers do this to determine how long it will take to complete a unit of work.
What is estimate?
The POLITICO Europe Technology group is located in this city.
What is Brussels?
This team supports user equipment such as computers, monitors, and printers.
What is Help Desk?
This department provides estimates for requested software development work.
What is Technology?
This person is the Director of the Design team.
Who is Chris Buddie?
This is what it’s called when completed work is shipped to the customer.
What is a release?
The POLITICO Technology team off offshore developer contractors are primarily located on this continent.
What is Europe?
This team ensures end users have a seamless experience by testing all new features and functionality.
What is Quality Assurance?
This department plays a large role in determining the priority of projects that are built.
What is Product?
This person is the Global Director of Technology Operations.
Who is Jen Plesniak?
This process happens when Technology and Product evaluate and refine tickets in backlog.
What is backlog refinement?
The POLITICO Technology Quality Assurance contractors are primarily located on this continent or country.
What is India? OR What is Asia?
This team is responsible for daily management of our CRM software.
What is the Salesforce team? OR What is Business Operations?
These two departments align the Product roadmap with technical capabilities.
What are Product and Technology?
This person is the Executive Vice President of B2B Product.
Who is Rachel Loeffler?
This process happens when Technology and Product determine what should be worked on in an upcoming sprint.
What is sprint planning?