passion: what software teams and executives can learn from eco-pirates
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BW1 ConcurrentSession11/11/1511:30am
“Passion: What Software Teams and Executives Can Learn from Eco-Pirates”
Presented by:
Michael Mah
QSM Associates, Inc.
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Michael Mah QSM Associates, Inc.
With twenty-five years of industry experience Michael Mah teaches, writes, and consults for QSM Associates to tech companies on measuring and estimating software projects for offshore, waterfall, and agile. Michael and his QSM partners have researched thousands of projects worldwide. His work examines time-pressure dynamics of teams and their contribution to project success and failure. Michael’s clients include Boeing, Progressive, Verizon Wireless, Nationwide, JPMorgan Chase, and other Fortune 100 companies. He is the director of the Benchmarking Practice at the Cutter Consortium in the United States. A private pilot, Michael lives in the mountains of western Massachusetts. Reach Michael at qsma.com.
Michael Mah Managing Partner QSM Associates, Inc. 413-499-0988 e-mail: [email protected] Twitter: @michaelcmah Website: www.qsma.com
Passion: What Software Teams and Executive Leadership Might Learn from Eco-pirates
"The thought of the human species being wiped out, it's all consuming" - Elon Musk
Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians
Remarkable Team Attributes
A Powerful Sense of Purpose Leaders and Backup Leaders
Team Communication Transparency’s Secret Weapon – the Camera
Bonds of Trust – Sea Shepherd Family Celebrity Power
Power of Social Media Metrics and Messaging
Capt Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd Conservation
A Powerful Sense of Purpose
Leaders and Backups
Team Communication - Daily Standups
Transparency Secret Weapon – the Camera
Transparency Secret Weapon – the Camera
Transparency Secret Weapon – the Camera
Bonds of Trust – Sea Shepherd Family
Bonds of Trust – Sea Shepherd Family
Bonds of Trust – Sea Shepherd Family
Celebrity Power
Celebrity Power
The Power of Social Media
Metrics and Messaging
The Columbus Agile Benchmark Study (Columbus vs the World)
Industry Average
Schedules*
Industry Average Defects*
AGILE 30% Quicker
Schedules
AGILE 75% Fewer
Defects
0 20 40 60 80 100
Comparing Columbus AGILE projects vs. Industry Averages*
-- 75% Fewer Defects, 30% Quicker Schedules -- *Industry Averages for Defects & Schedules come from the QSM, Inc. database of several thousand Business type applications.
The Munich Agile Benchmark Study (Munich vs the World)
Munich vs. Columbus
7/24/2009 footer
SLIM-Estimate:
Size, Schedule, Cost & Quality
Estimating SLIM-DataManager
Software Project Metrics Repository
SLIM-Control: Variance Analysis
& Adaptive
Forecasting SLIM-Metrics: Industry
Benchmarking & Process
Improvement
SLIM-MasterPlan: Incremental
Development & Project
Aggregation
Industry Research Data Right On the Desktop
Agile Captures the Right Metrics for SLIM
Velocity/Burndown Headcount Stories and Point Sizing Bugs
Speed - Columbus Time-to-Market
1 10 100 1,000
New + Modified Size (thousands)
1
10
100
Months
United States QSM Business Av g. Line Sty le 1 Sigma Line Sty le
Faster Schedules Faster Schedules
Time-to-Market
1 10 100 1,000
New + Modified Size (thousands)
1
10
100
Months
United States QSM Business Av g. Line Sty le 1 Sigma Line Sty le
Faster Schedules
Speed - Columbus
Bugs - Columbus Defects
1 10 100 1,000
New + Modified Size (thousands)
1
10
100
1,000
10,000
Defects
United States QSM Business Av g. Line Sty le 1 Sigma Line Sty le
Fewer Bugs
Bugs - Columbus Defects
1 10 100 1,000
New + Modified Size (thousands)
1
10
100
1,000
10,000
Defects
United States QSM Business Av g. Line Sty le 1 Sigma Line Sty le
Fewer Bugs
Trendline Assessment – Defects/Quality
Defects During Test
100 1,000
Effective SLOC (thousands)
10
100
1,000
10,000
Errors (SysInt-Del)
Rel 5.0
Rel 6.0 Rel 6.5Rel 7.5 Rel 7.0
Rel 8.0
Rel 5.0
Rel 6.0 Rel 6.5Rel 7.5 Rel 7.0
Rel 8.0
Business Sy stems Av ionic Sy stems Command & Control Microcode Sy stems Process Control QSM 2005 BusinessAv g. Line Sty le 1 Sigma Line Sty le
Far Fewer Defects: 50% - 66% Below Industry
Trendline Assessment – Build Phase Schedule
Main Build Phase Duration vs Size
100 1,000
Effective SLOC (thousands)
1
10
100
Time (M
onths)Rel 5.0
Rel 6.0
Rel 6.5
Rel 7.5
Rel 7.0
Rel 8.0Rel 5.0
Rel 6.0
Rel 6.5
Rel 7.5
Rel 7.0
Rel 8.0
Business Sy stems Av ionic Sy stems Command & Control Microcode Sy stems Process Control QSM 2005 BusinessAv g. Line Sty le 1 Sigma Line Sty le
Schedules are Half Industry
Industry Average
Current Performance
Delta
Project Cost
$3.5 Million
$2.2 Million
-$1.3M
Schedule
12.6 months
7.8 months
-4.8 mos
QA Defects
242
121
-50%
Staffing
35
35
n/a
Follett vs. Industry Average
What’s Your Passion?
For Additional Information
Michael Mah Managing Partner QSM Associates, Inc. email: [email protected] website: www.qsma.com twitter: @michaelcmah tel: 1 413-499-0988