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If you’re looking to get more out of your organisation’s software developers, increase your ROI, spend less money on fixing bugs or increase your development team’s business value release rate, this session is for you. Or you might be a software developer looking to lift your game to the next level. There are many ways to lift software developers’ productivity and, as a result, the development team’s total output. This session addresses some quick wins, as well as some that take longer to implement.
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How to IncreaseSoftware Developer Productivity Kim Carter
I think there is a world market for maybe 5 computers
Thomas J Whatson. 1943. Chairman of IBM
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
Improving quality is the best way to increase productivity
Bring the quality focus up front
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
Pair Programming
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
TDD
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
Heartbleed, goto fail
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
Test Condition Workshop
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
Optimising your test effort
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
Code Review
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
Coding Standards, Conventions & Guidelines
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
Design is emergent
Maximising Quality with Least Spent
People
Top Talent
10 - 1 Productivity
Going Rogue
What do the Most Productive Programmers Look like?
Soft Tooling, Processes & Practices, Why it Matters
Distributed Communication
Version Control
Work Item Tracking
Wiki
Build System
Hard Tooling, Why it Matters
Screen Real Estate
Hard Tooling, Why it Matters
Machine Speed
Hard Tooling, Why it Matters
Desk Seating Arrangement
Continuity of Delivery CI
Continuous Deployment
Agile processes promote sustainable development
Measure and reward fast running tests
Measure Cyclomatic Complexity
Static Code Analysis
Executable Specifications
Overcoming Red Tape
Establish the needs
Seek first to understand, then to be understood
Overcoming Red Tape
Relationships
Establishing yourself as an expert
Build Trust with the Influencers
Talk with managers in private
Overcoming Red Tape
Agendas
Credit
Vocal influential Sceptics
People's decisions are based on emotions
Dealing with resistance
Biggest Morale & Productivity killers
Undermined Motivation
Adding people to Late Project
Noisy, Crowded Offices
Meetings
Biggest Morale & Productivity killers
Context Switching
Gerald Weinberg's rule
Top Developer Motivators In Order
Developers love to develop software
The Work it selfVariety of Skills (T)Responsibility, SignificanceTask IdentityConsumer and Pair AssociationAutonomy
Top Developer Motivators In Order
Ownership / Buy-in
Goal Setting
Opportunities for Growth
Personal Life
Technical Leadership
Recommended Reading
Fearless Change by Mary Lynn Manns & Linda Rising
Living Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
Culture In The Workplace
BinaryMist blog
Rapid Development by Steve McConnell
Questions?Kim Carter
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