Agile Development at Orange Labs

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1. Agile @ Orange Labs Zhao Lu & Abhi Hiremaglur

2. We practiced ~ 100% Pairing Test Driven Development Run all

   tests before every commit Regular planning • Around twice a week Frequent deploys • Several times a day, average twice Even more frequent, tiny, commits

3. We practiced (cont'd) Spikes • Experiment to reduce technical risk • Throwaway

   code, not a feature • Precedes a related feature! • Timeboxed Balance • 8hrs of pairing => 8hrs of rest

4. Test Driven Development

5. None

6. Pivotal Tracker

7. Measurable Progress

8. 100% Pairing

9. Challenges Only 1 pair • Familiary breeds contempt • Ratholes Personal Space

   • Learning about your human compatriot

10. Challenges (cont'd) Product Owner also an Engineer • Sometimes an anti-pattern

    • Step away from the computer Rapidly evolving requirements • Regular planning helped

11. Serendipity Warm up on the way to work • vs Standups

    Plan the day over coffee • vs Standups Brainstorm over lunch • vs Retrospectives/Planning Reflect on the way home • vs Retrospectives

12. We skipped Continuous Integration • But we wish we hadn't Standups

    • Didn't make sense for us Retrospectives • We may still do one Pairing at Pivotal's office • Hive mind & company standups

13. Ergonimics Shared Computer • 27" iMac • 2 Keyboards + 2 Mice

    Wide desk Swap sides frequently • Or you neck will hurt Put away your laptops • 1 pair = 1 computer

14. Technology Stack Ruby 1.8.7 Rails 3 Postgres 9

15. Cloud Tropo • for telephony Heroku • for application hosting Amazon S3

    • for media storage Panda Stream • for media encoding

16. Questions?