7 Step Plan to successfull software development by Nigel

Table of Contents Install a version control system Firmware Standards Manual Code Inspection / Review People Moderator Reader Recorder Author Trainer Other Points Quiet work environment Measure your bug rate Measure your production rate Keep Studying

Install a version control system

Firmware Standards Manual

Code Inspection / Review

Apparently there should be 4 people but it's been extened to 5...

People Moderator

• Deep thinking
• Books room, order pizza

Reader

• Reader should never be the author of the code

Recorder

• Just take notes, no actual contrinbution to discussion!

Author

• Understand the errors
• Illuminate the errors of the code.

Trainer

Other Points

• Don't adjust the code in the meeting.
• The frequency of code reviews is not set, but bear in mind how much code there is.

Quiet work environment

• Shown to be very important with respect to productivity.

Measure your bug rate

• "He who writes no code makes no mistakes."
• 80% of the bugs are in 20% of the code.

Measure your production rate

• If you don't keep track of how long things take, how can you know if you're getting quicker? Or identify areas that are too slow.

Keep Studying

• Technology changing all the time..