Picture this scene from three years ago: Employing the corporately mandated processes, a software engineering team is delivering system updates about once every nine months. When their senior user suddenly demands the next delivery in twenty-two weeks-half the current cycle duration-the team realize that they must quickly change development practices. Mathew Bissett describes how Her Majesty's Government did precisely that-and much, much more. First, they reduced delivery cycles from unpredictable dates every nine months to predictable releases every six weeks. Then, they cut releases cycle time to once every week. By identifying and mitigating risks early in the work intake process, enforcing quality gates, executing multiple test levels concurrently-and more-they dramatically increased throughput with the same or better quality. Today, these new processes provide their teams the best balance of structure versus agility. Join Mathew to see if what works for Her Majesty's Government might just work for you and your company.
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Reduce Release Cycle Time: Nine Months to a Week - Nice!
1.
BW5
Concurrent Session
11/7/2012 2:15 PM
"Reduce Release Cycle Time:
Nine Months to a Week Is Jolly Good!"
Presented by:
Mathew Bissett
UK Government
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2. Mathew Bissett
UK Government
Mathew Bissett has been working for Her Majesty’s Government for more than six years, having been
recruited straight from University. Deployed into the integration and test team of his department’s main
engineering group, Mathew demonstrated strong leadership qualities to quickly progress from test analyst
through test team lead to test management. Currently the test manager responsible for the integration and
testing of his area’s flagship system, he has driven through delivery process improvements to enable weekly
deliveries. Mathew has delivered many talks within his government department and has presented at a
British Computer Society Special Interest Group in Software Testing conference.