Patroklos Papapetrou: How to Boost Development Team’s Speed at I T.A.K.E. Unconference 2015

1. How to Boost
Development Team’s
Speed

2. Hello!
I AM PATROKLOS PAPAPETROU
I am here because I love sharing experience and knowledge acquired
with practical examples.
You can find me at:
@ppapapetrou76

3. 1.
Productivity / Development Speed
Everyone cares about it. Everyone tries to improve.
The simple things will make the difference

4. “Contrary to what I might have
guessed, taking regular breaks
from mental tasks actually
improves your creativity and
productivity.
Tom Rath
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Rath

5. Increase development speed.
Why?
◉ Brilliant ideas die every day because they
don't reach the market on time
◉ Companies want to build software products
faster
◉ People enjoy to be productive – work less
◉ Time, which is always an issue, is Money

6. TIME IS THE
HARDEST TO
FIND RESOURCE

7. Time is always running
We can not /should not
work more than 6-8
hours/day
Still projects have to be
delivered on-time

8. 2.
Software Development Activities
Things we do every day and we don't realize how much they affect the
software development speed

9. Speed types
Extreme Sprint Moderate Sprint Marathon

10. Ideal speed – Mix of Extreme
sprint and Marathon
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X weeks of extreme sprint
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Y weeks of marathon
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X weeks of extreme sprint
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Y weeks of marathon
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X weeks of extreme sprint
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Y weeks of marathon…
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…
Y at least 3-4 times greater than X

11. Software development activities
POSITIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE IMPACT POSITIVE UP TO A
POINT

12. The development speed
diagram
Development SpeedDevelopment Speed
Work-Life BalanceWork-Life Balance ComplexityComplexity
Technical DebtTechnical Debt

13. SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
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Self-learners
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Training sessions
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Conferences
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Previous work
experience
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Be a domain
expert
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Free Fridays

14. SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY
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Inexperienced
developers
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Skills
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Re-factoring
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Technical Debt
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Lucky Luke
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Slow / Unstable
tests

15. Process? Who cares about process. I can code faster
than my shadow

16. BE FOCUSED / HAVE PACE
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IM/Notification
systems/social
media
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Unstable teams
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Working
environment
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Multi-tasking
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Setting goals

18. LET'S REWRITE THIS CRAP
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Clear requirements
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Poor UX/Developer
transition
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Defects
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New frameworks
hunting
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Do the right things

19. WORK – LIFE BALANCE
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Sports / activities /
hobbies outside of
the work
environment
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Sports / activities
inside the work
environment
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Sleep and eat well!
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Overtime

20. Henry Ford's 40hrs week

21. ADDING BUSINESS VALUE
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Feature Prioritization
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Mentoring
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Re-factoring
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Sports in work
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Trainings
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Meetings

22. “How many times did you leave a
meeting thinking:”Woaoh, that
was an awesome meeting!”?

23. More people  More speed
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More management
time
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Mentoring
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Interviews

24. RED-ALERT SITUATIONS
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Passion
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Overtime
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Deadlines
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Technical Debt

25. Bonus – Personal productivity
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Let others help you
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Being imperfect is absolutely fine
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Sleep and eat well (again)
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Automate – automate – automate
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Learn how to say no!

26. “The difference between successful
people and very successful people
is that very successful people say
“no” to almost everything.
Warren Buffett
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett

27. “Leonardo da Vinci took multiple naps a day and
slept less at night.
The French Emperor Napoleon was not shy
about taking naps. He indulged daily.
Though Thomas Edison was embarrassed about
his napping habit, he also practiced his ritual
daily.
It's all about naps

29. Thanks!
ANY QUESTIONS?
You can find me at:
@ppapapetrou76
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