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The Value of a Rubber Chicken: better team development through shame... and tools!

As teams grow, they need better processes to keep things going smoothly. Of course there are tools to help with this; peer code review, source analysis and reporting, continuous integration and so on. But don't underestimate the value of good old fashioned guilt and shame! Wall boards, rubber chickens, stockades in public places all let developers know that keeping the release on track and bug free are serious business.

Difficulty: General
Prerequisites: None, asides from the desire to improve processes.
Session Track: Safe for Managers,UX Design

Session Detail

This session will explore a number of tools and techniques that successful companies like yours (not yours, but successful companies *like* yours) have used to great effect. We'll consider distributed version control systems, code review and analysis, the latest in build management, issue tracking, and feature planning: everything you need to have a more effective software development team. Oh, and of course, threats and humiliation.

Speakers

Tim Buntel (Sydney, Australia)

Tim Buntel is the Windows Azure Platform Product Manager for Microsoft Australia where he is responsible for key technologies in cloud computing. He has been involved with software product management for more than a decade at companies including Atlassian, Adobe, Macromedia, and Allaire where he was responsible for various developer platform products including Flex/Flash Builder and ColdFusion. Over the years, Tim has been an active participant in software product evangelism as a frequent author and keynote speaker at Adobe MAX and many other industry events worldwide. This is Tim's sixth appearance at WebDU. More...