Reaching Technical Excellence - From Software Sheep to Software Craftsmanship

These slides accompany my talk "Reaching Technical Excellence - From Software Sheep to Software Craftsmanship." The talk videos and additional resources are available on GitHub: https://github.com/ironcev-talks/reaching-technical-excellence-from-software-sheep-to-software-craftsmanship.

3 continents, 50+ agile teams, 500+ developers, and a collective agile hangover. A true story of a quest toward technical excellence.

In the talk, I share experiences and lessons learned from a challenging change management quest undertook to transform the company's mindset and skill set.

What is the agile hangover, and how to overcome it?
What are software sheep, and how not to be one?
How to push an organization toward genuine software craftsmanship?

You will learn what we as a world's leading automotive technology company did to become better software craftsmen. The chances are high that the approach we took might work for your company as well.

Transcript

1. Reaching
   Technical
   Excellence
   From
   Software Sheep to
   Software
   Craftsmanship
   v2.4.0
   

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6. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:World_map_blank_without_borders.svg
   50+ agile teams
   500~ developers
   

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7. https://unsplash.com/photos/zNN6ubHmruI
   

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8. AVL's Lean Agile Software Development Process with KAizen
   

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10. https://pixabay.com/en/alcohol-hangover-event-death-drunk-428392/
    “Many Agile projects are now,
    steadily and iteratively,
    producing crap code.”
    Sandro Mancuso, The Software Craftsman
    

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18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmmwWxVzSsw
    

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21. Our development teams
    will become a learning network
    of skilled software developers
    writing code up to the
    highest software industry standards.
    

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22. https://pxhere.com/de/photo/1162238
    

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23. https://unsplash.com/photos/tpLz5aKdQmM
    Agile Testing
    Code Quality
    Software Architecture
    DevOps
    

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25. Level 1 = Ad-hoc usage
    Level 2 = Strategic usage
    Level 3 = Industry benchmark
    Level 0 = Practice not used
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30. https://unsplash.com/photos/6bKpHAun4d8
    

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31. Agile Testing
    Code Reviews
    ReSharper (C++)
    UX
    Lean SW Development
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33. The Software Craftsmanship movement is nothing
    more than a community of dedicated programmers
    who celebrate and promote their desire and ability
    to do a good job for their customers.
    https://twitter.com/unclebobmartin/status/1029350638709338112
    Software Craftsmanship is the aspiration to
    continuously improve. There is no endpoint.
    No one reaches the pinnacle. The sole requirement
    to hold that aspiration — to be a craftsperson —
    is a love of the craft.
    https://twitter.com/unclebobmartin/status/1030477445504282624
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_C._Martin_surrounded_by_computers.jpg
    

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35. Igor
    Rončević aka ironcev
    ironcev@hotmail.com
    github.com/ironcev
    twitter.com/ironcev_
    linkedin.com/in/ironcev
    sessionize.com/ironcev
    slideshare.net/roncevi
    speakerdeck.com/ironcev
    goodreads.com/ironcev
    http://thp.im
    

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