Q: Tell me about a time you had to ship under a tight deadline.
Last quarter I cut our checkout release from six weeks to three without dropping test coverage.
Situation
At Nova Retail we had to replace the checkout before a three week sale, and the plan on the table said six weeks.
What I did
I cut scope to the payment path only, ran a fifteen minute risk review every morning and shipped behind a flag at 10%, then 50%, then all traffic.
How I work
My rule is to cut scope, never quality. The tests stayed, and anything a shopper could not see on day one moved to the next release.
Result
We went live in three weeks, and drop off at payment fell from 4% to 1.6%, about 2,100 orders a month.










