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Enterprise Code Monkeys

Process and Tools

@valentin_ionita

Hats I Wear

Software Engineer, Agile enthusiast and modeling junkie

Ocasional Trainer and Speaker

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Of Enterprise Software Development

Working for 6 years on different projects and envirionments.

  • from small one man show startup like projects to multiteam enterprise setups
  • from simple CRUD applications to complex domain high-availability
  • from flexible, empowering process to beurocratic top down hell

Today we're gona talk about...

The way we think about sofwtare

How did we get here

What can we do about it

Conclusions

It all started...

On a Big Enterprise Mission

“We're not here to gain knowledge, we're here to get shit done.” - Wise Man

Also coined "The Bulshit Assimetry Principle".

So software engineering is about typing.

There's feature manangement team

There's a functional analysis document

There's a technical analysis document

And there is somebody running the code in production

How we think about software...

IS WRONG!!!

How Did We Get Here?

Softare development is ...

like building a house/bridge

linear, repetitive and predictible task

The building methaphor...

“The building metaphor has outlived its usefulness. It is time to change again.” Fred Brooks, 1987, No Silver Bullet

The building methaphor...

Buildings are hard

Architects and builders

What can we do about it?

awareness

attitude

practices

Awareness

... it is nonlinear, unpredictable and creative

Cynefin

Not all problems are equal

We are in the realm of ...

complicated

complex

To be effective ...

become partners

To be effective ...

outgrow roles

expand area of expertise

become T-Shaped individuals

Practices

Old Tools

  • Class Diagram
  • State Diagram
  • Association
  • Use Case
  • UML
  • Sequence Diagram
  • Database Diagram

Where are the flaws?

A new breed of tools ...

That is not the point ...

highly collaborative

facilitate communication

“EventStorming is an act of deliberate collective learning.” - Alberto Brandolini “Collaborative modeling over specification handoff.”

Recap

awareness

attitude

practices

What's the catch?

You're in a big company.

"No matter what vegetable you are, if you spend enough time in the brine, you become a pickle."

Know what to ask for ...

organize work around customer value

authority, knowledge and skills

stop calling people "resources"

Conclusion?

It Is Always Our Job!

Own It!

"Nothing at Facebook is someone else’s problem." Kent Beck, Culture of Personal Responsibility.

Thank You.

Enterprise Code Monkeys Process and Tools @valentin_ionita