It's Not Just About Code

It’s not just about code... Dan Pickett

It’s about efﬁcacy in solving a problem

Don’t Reinvent minutiae

Don’t Reinvent minutiae Leverage Frameworks to solve problems

Effectively Solve Problems With Frameworks: • Brainstorming • Conceptualization through Sketching and Design Constraints • Writing User Stories and Acceptance Tests with SCRUM and XP • Automated testing with RSpec and Cucumber • Reﬁning processes and working with a team...

CODE Ok, well maybe a little code...

Agile SCRUM XP

Agile SCRUM XP WTF?

We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan

“ I believe that the hardest part of software projects, the most common source of project failure, is communication with the customers and users of that software ” - Martin Fowler

Conceptualization •Identify the problem • Brainstorm on solutions • Sketch Ideas

Identify Who Cares

New Hampshire Rubyists Want Us to Build Them A Site... Who should we talk to?

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/spine/263214639/ Listen, then Ask

“I want a calendar” • “...Why?” • “So our users can stay up to date” • “What do they want to be up to date about?” • “Our events and other local tech events.” • “What other local events?”

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

Challenge

http://threetreesstudios.com/andsciﬁ/tag/star-wars/ Brainstorming

Brainstorming Fundamentals • There are no dumb ideas • Don’t criticize other people’s ideas • Build on other people’s ideas • It’s about quantity, not quality • Have a facilitator that enforces rules above

Afﬁnity Grouping

Mind Maps

It’s about brain power...

Courtesy: Jason Robb Sketching

Failure In Design

Design With Constraints

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It's Not Just About Code

by Dan Pickett on Nov 11, 2009

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