Brad Meiseles, Director of Engineering at VMware led a discussion with MassTLC members on maximizing engineering productivity.

1. Maximizing Developer Productivity
MassTLC Round Table
February 9, 2012
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2. Agenda
Factors that impact productivity
Measuring productivity
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3. “Begin with the end in mind.”
- Steven Covey
Habit 2 from “The 7 habits of highly effective people”)
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4. "The major problems of our work are
not so much technological as
sociological in nature."
- Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister
Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams
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5. “to build a successful organization and
team you must get the right people on
the bus.”
- Jim Collins
Good to Great
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6. "Developers prefer to use agile
methods. Managers prefer to use heavy
methods."
- Anonymous
Comment in IT Survey
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7. Measuring Productivity
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8. “Micromanagement is evil. Measuring lines
of code is useless, because less
truly is more.”
- Mikael Jansson
From an Answer on Stack Overflow
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9. “Developer productivity is really a
qualitative assessment, not a quantitative
measurement.”
- Me
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10. "I'm a little verklempt. Talk amongst
yourselves"
- Mike Myers
“Coffee Talk with Linda Richman,” SNL
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11. Topic 1. Goals
What are we building and why does it matter?
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12. Topic 2. Work Environment
Does the work environment help or hinder productivity?
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13. Topic 3. People and Teams
Do we have the right people?
How are we organized into teams?
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14. Topic 4. Processes and Tools
Is our methodology working?
Do the tools we use help or hinder productivity?
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15. Topic 5. Measuring Productivity?
What do we measure?
How do we interpret the data we gather?
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16. Thank you!
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