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Software Hygiene

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Commercial kitchen

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Commercial Kitchen Kitchen Work Cycle: ● Start ● Prep ● Open ● Service ● Close ● Clean down ● End

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Definition of Done Happiness, efficiency, safety, quality?

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What if your software project was like a kitchen? Kitchen Work Cycle: ● Start ● Prep ● Open ● Service ● Close ● Clean down ● End Project Work Cycle: ● Start ● Planning ● Open ● Develop & Release ● Close ● Refactor ● End Mess?

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At end of Service / Release ● Head Chef: – “Boss, we've delivered all our covers” – “We now need to clean our kitchen...” – “… before next service.” ● Tech Lead: – “Boss, we've delivered all our features” – “We now need to clean our code…” – “… before next release.” Visibility of mess? Short term solutions?

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How can we be more Measurable? ● Use static analysis? ● Count bugs / failures. ● Count yak holes. https://github.com/jamescooke/measurable-software

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Benefits? ● Refactor becomes valuable. ● Risk as a result of environment decreased. ● Potential to measure “tech debt”? ● “Definition of done” improves.

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Image credits ● http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/wagamam a-launch-new-menu-open-10232237 ● http://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-kitchen-table -at-bubbledogs.html ● http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Dirty--202036471.htm l