our best practices from agile sw development
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Meetup topics1. Apple Watch App Development2. Lessons Learnt from Backend Systems Development3. Building scalable micro-services with Nodejs4. Best Practices from Agile SW Development5. ????6. How to do proper QA?7. Getting most out of AWS - #scalableStuff8. Software design patterns
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These days, even kids are AGILE
Quick personal intro
● CTO of HotelQuickly● Product (IT & customer service)
● 2 (agile) kids and 1 not-so-agile wife :-)● Like running, playing squash and reading
Best practices from Agile SW DevelopmentJuly 15, 2015 @ HotelQuickly
What does it mean to be agile?
How agile are you?
What does it mean to be agile?
● Embrace the change
● Iterate quickly
● Communication & Collaboration
When did we adapt Agile?
11/20121st
commit
05/2014Continuous integration
2013
10/2014Scrumsprints
01/2015Kanban
20
2014 2015
1 2 4 8 30
Why did we became Agile?
The team was getting bigger and bigger!
● Improve the visibility & planning
● Become more efficient
● Get more involved with business
What have we adapted successfully?
What do we struggle with?
1. 2.
Obvious & easy to start with● Simple task management => Scrum / Kanban board● Daily stand-up vs. on-line in #chico● Retrospectives● Focus on quality (CI, automated unit tests, refactoring)● Collaboration & Communication
1. What have we adapted successfully?
Even HR has adopted Kanban board :-)
Daily standups
Off-lineOn-line
Focus on quality● Awesome in-house QA team● Continuous deployment for quick iterations
○ unit tests, but don’t have too much
Communication & CollaborationLimit ad-hoc talks1. On Slack2. Schedule a meeting in advance
What have we adapted successfully?
What do we struggle with?
1. 2.
● Release plan / Road map
● Prioritisation of backlog
● A/B tests & iterations
● Automated deployment / continuous delivery
What do we struggle with?2.
Goals
Releases
Release plan/ road map
Example
Example
CurrentRelease
Initiatives
Prioritisation of backlog
Funny moments
We tried different approaches...
A/B testing Different tests running on iOS and
Android
A B
What have we adapted successfully?
What do we struggle with?
1. 2.
30 DAY AGILE CHALLENGE1. Create your first board (Trello, JIRA)
2. Organise a sprint planning mtg3. Organise a stand-up every day4. Organise a retrospective mtg
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Q&A - what can we discuss?
● Team structure● Current & ideal product prioritisation● What to start with?● Tools we use● Team collaboration
See you at the next HQ meetup
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