Tips to improve software development productivity

Tips to improve software development productivity

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1. 10 or so tips to
   increase productivity
   

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2. Hello!
   I AM PATROKLOS PAPAPETROU
   I am here because I love Swedish coffee .
   You can find me at:
   @ppapapetrou76
   

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3. 97% of
   conferences
   attendees don't
   care about
   speakers bio
   

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4. 1.
   Productivity / Development Speed
   Everyone cares about it. Everyone tries to improve.
   The simple things will make the difference
   

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5. “
   Contrary to what I might have
   guessed, taking regular breaks
   from mental tasks actually
   improves your creativity and
   productivity.
   Tom Rath
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Rath
   

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6. Increase productivity. Why?
   ◉ Brilliant ideas die every day because they
   don't reach the market on time
   ◉ Companies want to build software products
   faster
   ◉ People enjoy to be productive
   ◉ Time is Money
   

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7. TIME IS THE
   HARDEST TO
   FIND RESOURCE
   

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8. Time is always running
   We can not /should not
   work more than 6-8
   hours/day
   Still projects have to be
   delivered on-time
   

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9. 2.
   Software Development Activities
   Things we do every day and we don't realize how much they affect the
   software development speed
   

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10. Software development activities
    POSITIVE IMPACT
    Following the
    activities of this list
    the productivity of
    the development
    team will constantly
    increase
    NEGATIVE IMPACT
    The activities of this
    category will affect
    negatively the
    development speed.
    POSITIVE UP TO A
    POINT
    Some activities are
    good and will
    improve productivity
    but if you over-
    exercise them, they
    will start producing
    the opposite effect.
    

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11. SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
    ●
    Self-learners
    ●
    Training sessions
    ●
    Conferences
    ●
    Previous work
    experience
    ●
    Be a domain expert
    

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12. BE FOCUSED / HAVE PACE
    ●
    IM/Notification
    systems/social
    media
    ●
    Unstable teams
    ●
    Working
    environment
    ●
    Multi-tasking
    

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14. SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY
    ●
    Inexperienced
    developers
    ●
    Skills
    ●
    Refactoring
    ●
    TDD/BDD
    ●
    Technical Debt
    ●
    Lucky Luke
    

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15. Process? Who cares about process. I can code faster
    than my shadow
    

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16. LET'S REWRITE THIS CRAP!
    ●
    Clear requirements
    ●
    Poor UX/Developer
    transition
    ●
    Defects
    ●
    New frameworks
    hunting
    ●
    Do the right things
    

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17. WORK – LIFE BALANCE
    ●
    Sports / activities /
    hobbies outside of
    the work
    environment
    ●
    Sports / activities
    inside the work
    environment
    ●
    Overtime
    

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18. ADDING BUSINESS VALUE
    ●
    Feature Prioritization
    ●
    Mentoring
    ●
    Refactoring
    ●
    Sports in work
    ●
    Trainings
    ●
    Meetings
    

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19. “
    How many times did you leave a
    meeting thinking:”Woaoh, that
    was an awesome meeting!”?
    

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20. RED-ALERT SITUATIONS
    ●
    Passion
    ●
    Overtime
    ●
    Deadlines
    ●
    Technical Debt
    

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22. Thanks!
    ANY QUESTIONS?
    You can find me at:
    @ppapapetrou76
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