Database Group Meeting, Los Angles, May 13, 2011.

1. Rafael Jimenez
rafael@ebi.ac.uk
A personal view of
Software
Development
Database Group Meeting
Los Angles
May 13, 2011

2. Process – Traditional Approach
• Have a meeting to
decide what to do
• Lock yourself in a
room and keep
coding until it's done
• Show users the
finished product and
make some minor
adjustments
Antony Quinn

3. Process – new EBI approach
• Talk to users first to find
what they really, really want
• Rapid sketching and
prototyping to get the
design right
• Clear specification to
inform coding and artwork
• Continuous testing and
feedback from users
Antony Quinn

4. Basic software documentation
in a collaborative project
• Requirements
– User feedback
– Sketching and prototyping
• Deliverables
- Time line (what and when)
• Software development
– Specification
– Code repository
– Issue tracker
– Testing protocols
• How to’s

5. User feedback

6. User feedback

7. Sketching and prototyping
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8. Sketching and prototyping

9. Time line

10. Specification

11. Specification

12. Code repository

13. Issue tracker

14. Testing protocols

15. How to’s

16. Thank you!
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