Agile Development at Orange Labs

A presentation on agile development in a research environment.

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
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?