Growth Vs. Scale Scaling from a business and a technical perspective. Agile Software Development. Scaling your project in the cloud.

1. How To Scale Your
Software Startup
@m_ashmawiMohammad Alashmawi

2. Business Technical

3. Growth Vs. Scale
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What is the difference between them?
Business

4. Growth
Adding resources at the same rate that you’re adding revenue
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Scale
scaling is about adding revenue at an exponential rate
while only adding resources at an incremental rate.
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Facts & Numbers
of Software Projects
fail (1994)
84%
71%
of Software
Projects Fail (2015)
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USA loses $50-$150 B per year
due to failed IT projects
$50 to
$150 B
€142 B
European Union
loss in 2014
of IT projects
have an average cost
overrun of 200% and a
schedule overrun of 70%.
1/6
3. 75%
of businesses anticipate their
software projects will fail.
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7. Standish Group CHAOS Reports
Since 1994
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Standish Group Report 2015
0%
15%
30%
45%
60%
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
19%
17%
19%
17%
22%
52%
55%
50%
56%
49%
29%28%
31%
27%
29%
Succeeded Challenged Failed
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Software Development Processes & Methodologies
Traditional (Waterfall)
Agile (Scrum)
Requirement
Design
Development
Testing
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Waterfall Vs Agile
0%
15%
30%
45%
60%
Waterfall Agile
9%
29%
52%
60%
39%
11%
Succeeded Challenged Failed
Standish Group 2015
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12. Introducing
Scrum
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13. What is the relationship between
Rugby Game and Software Development?

15. Standup Meeting (Daily Scrum)
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Sprint Burndown Chart
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Epic Burndown
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Velocity Chart
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Do you have a list of new innovative ideas?
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How old is your list?
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Solution !
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Prototype… Prototype… Prototype
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Scalable hardware or software can
expand to support increasing
workloads. This capability allows
computer equipment and software
programs to grow over time, rather
than needing to be replaced.
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Technical
Scalable Software

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Types of Scaling
Horizontal Scaling
Vertical Scaling
Scaling Out
Scaling Up

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Vertical Scaling
Scaling Up

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Horizontal Scaling
Scaling Out

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Scaling Up Vs. Scaling Down
Pros & Cons ?
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Cloud Computing
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Cloud Computing
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What is ?

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delivery of computing services—servers,
storage, databases, networking, software,
analytics and more—over the Internet
(“the cloud”).
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Cloud Computing

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Types of Cloud Services

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Types of Cloud Services

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Giant Success Cases
2.1 Billion
1 Billion
328 Million
40 Million
Active Users

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Quick Tips
Go Cloud
Set High Standards
Hide your Goals &
Announce your Achievements
Go Agile
Go SAAS
Move Fast, Keep Innovating
& Prototyping

38. Thank you..
Q&A
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