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REDUCING FRICTION IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT
PROCESSES
Improved Processes => Improved Bottom Line
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About Me
Joe Walling 25+ years industry experience Walling Info Systems LLC Greenville Spartanburg Developers Guild
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Overview
Define friction 10 Problems Development processes Tools
Definition
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Friction => slows or resists the software development process
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What Should I Work On
I got nothing done today When will it be done I need another report I need another timeline
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What Should I Work On
Goal Know the priorities Take yourself out of the report creation
business Reduce crises and context switching Improve communications and transparency
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What Should I Work On
How? Agile process Uninterrupted heads down time ALM tool - show
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It Builds on My Machine
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It Builds on My Machine
Causes Missing files
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It Builds on My Machine
Causes Missing files Bad references
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It Builds on My Machine
Causes Missing files Bad references Someone upgraded something before
everyone else was ready to
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It Builds on My Machine
Fix You should be able to get everything
needed to build from source control
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It Builds on My Machine
Fix You should be able to get everything
needed to build from source control Common source root for all solutions
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It Builds on My Machine
Fix You should be able to get everything
needed to build from source control Common source root for all solutions Beware of partial project check-ins
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It Builds on My Machine
Fix You should be able to get everything
needed to build from source control Common source root for all solutions Beware of partial project check-ins
Minimizing CI builds – show VSO and VS
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Non Starter
App is broken when loaded
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Non Starter
Preventing CI Unit tests Automated regression tests
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Why Can’t We Get Together
DB and code versions are out of sync
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Why Can’t We Get Together
Fixes Entity Framework Code First Custom code that checks versions on
startup Version scripts Show migrations
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Not in This Build
When likely to happen How to avoid
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Build Anticipation
To correct create automated, repeatable builds that can be run by QA
Multiple versions Branches
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Bug Ping Pong
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Hot Fix Hell
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Hot Fix Hell
Adequate manual testing
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Hot Fix Hell
Adequate manual testing Static code analysis
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Hot Fix Hell
Adequate manual testing Static code analysis Automated regression tests
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Hot Fix Hell
Adequate manual testing Static code analysis Automated regression tests Error logging and viewing System
In app Separate app Commercial app
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That’s Not What I Wanted
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That’s Not What I Wanted
Mockups Spec Agile purists disagree
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Error Message Blindness
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That’s All
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