stress free development
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STRESS FREE DEVELOPMENT
Laurynas AntanavičiusProject Manager at Data Dog2015.04.21
ABOUT US
Project Manager at DATA DOG (2 years)Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)Member of DATA DOG Project Management OfficeCustom web development and supportCloud-based application and software developmentB2B, B2C eCommerce solutions
Specialised in PHPOver 35 developers in Kaunas, Lithuania and London, UKWide base of clients: UK, US, UAE, France, Luxembourg…
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Services
Company
Have you ever encountered a situation in your job that you
can't change anything?
Rules create limits
But in some cases, rules are stronger than the individual
But how to overcome that?
Did you try talking about it?
So if face-to-face communication is the most effective…
Why do you keep writing those emails and preparing documentation that no
one reads?
FOLLOW VALUESNOT RULES
Agile values
Individuals and interactions over Processes and tools
Working software over Comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over Contract negotiation
Responding to change over Following a plan
vs SpeedQuality
FOCUS
vs RewardGrowth
vs AccessibilitySecurity
vs StabilityFlexibility
EFFICIENCY VS EFFECTIVENESSHave you ever had just one task
for the project - finish it?
TRADITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Build a user contact form with the following fields:
name, surname, email, free text and a submit
button. When the submit button is pressed, an
email is sent to our support team.
BDD REQUIREMENTS
As Jimmy the user I want to contact your support
team when I can't use the site properly so they
can help me.
BDD
• Behaviour Driven Development
• As with any test-driven methodology, it will not
save you time
• It will bring focus on what your aiming for
• It allows freedom to develop the best solution
User stories format
As a <user>, I want to <functionality>, in
order to <benefit>.
Scenario format
Given <background>
When <action>
Then <result>
Scenario format
Given I am on page "Account Profile"
When I fill in “First name:" with "Dark"
And I press "Update"
Then I should see success notification "Updated
your profile may be.”
BDD
• Red-Green-Refactor
• Tests defined - Code written - Code refactored
• The best part
• We are sure that it works
• Anyone can write it
• If it does not work, it was not supposed to!
INVEST IN THE RIGHT TOOLS
Docs: Word vs Google Docs
Code: Notepad vs Atom
Deployment: FTP vs Ansible
Version control: Nothing vs Git
Design: Fireworks vs Sketch 3
Communication: Slack vs Skype
Hosting:
Shared vs VPS
Windows vs
Mac vs
Linux
HAVE FUN
That’s why we’re doing it, right?
YOU LIKE STAR WARS?Why not develop a Yoda code sniffer?
DATADOGPLANNINGPOKER
• More fun from
the estimating
process
• 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, inf
• Team estimation
COMMUNITIESPeople really talk more openly in a bar
SPEND SOME TIME OUTSIDE WORK
DON’T BEAT YOURSELF UP!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbsJPO-ZreM
DO NOT COMMIT IF YOU ARE NOT 100% SURE
HAVE A DEADLINE AND STICK TO IT BY KEEPING IT
REALISTIC
IT'S OKAY TO NOT KNOW, BE UNCERTAIN AND FAIL
