Developing UNCERTAIN Software

Developing UNCERTAIN Software Alline Watkins October 2011

AGENDA
UNCERTAINTY
LEAN CODE
UBIQUITOUS LANGUAGE
LIVE SOURCE
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"A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty " StartupLessonsLearned.com How to apply the Lean Startup concepts to the whole software development process ?

80% of the developed software is not being used by anyone .

The Build Measure Learn loop theLeanStartup.com

Build
Minimum amount of tasks in the Task Board
(just enough to support the next conversation with the end users)
Measure
How the end users are using the software (in a production environment)
Learn
Stay open to the new directions revealed by end users (avoid getting stuck to your Product Backlog)

"Some mistakes will be made along the way. That’s good because at least some decisions are being made along the way. And we’ll find the mistakes and we’ll fix them."
Steve Jobs , WWDC 1997
"You gotta start with the customer experience and works backward to the technology. You can’t start with the technology and try to figure out where you are going to sell it."

The Agile Development Poster revised for the UNCERTAIN Software

The Lean Code 1. Ubiquitous Language 2. Isolated Minimum Viable Products 3. A tool to visualize the intent of the code

In a nutshell, Lean Code is a software project that is short , independent and extremely organized . The Lean Code can be easily maintained and its intention promptly understood by any participant in the software development process, including non-programmers .

of the lifetime cost of a software involves maintenance 2 / 3

Ubiquitous Language http://slideshare.net/allineoliveira/ubiquitous-language

Minimum Viable Product Just the necessary amount of features that will make the users use your software

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Developing UNCERTAIN Software

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