Organizing 2000 Developers for BFCM in a Remote World - Shopify

This post details the program management and communication strategies employed to coordinate over 2000 developers for BFCM. It outlines the process of understanding opportunities for improvement, building an effective program at scale, creating adjustments to the workflow specifically for BFCM, executing the program, and iterating for the next year. Key contributions include the implementation of a distributed ownership model for platform preparation tasks, a risk assessment process for PRs in critical areas using the 'Caution Tape' bot, and a phased deployment strategy with reduced PRs per deploy and extended canary periods. The post also highlights the communication plan, including Slack channels, GitHub repos, internal documentation, and presentations, to ensure company-wide alignment.