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- 1. Take Charge of Your Career J a r e d R i c h a r d s o n A g i l e A r t i s a n s @ J a r e d R i c h a r d s o n A g i l e A r t i s a n s . c o m g r o w s m e t h o d . c o m 1 Who am I? 2
- 2. Jared Richardson Cofounder of GROWS Methodology Author Ship It! and Career 2.0 Screencast editor PragProg.com Started AgileRTP in 2007 (>1,800 members) Coach, trainer, speaker AgileArtisans.com GROWSMethod.com EffectiveAgileTeams.com 3 Jared Richardson Backyard chicken farmer 4
- 3. Jared Richardson Backyard chicken farmer 5 Jared Richardson Backyard chicken farmer 6
- 4. Jared Richardson Backyard chicken farmer 7 Learning to Ride a Bike Remember how excited you were? Parents bought you a book Took a 2 day course Got a bike masters certification Entered your first race Sat on the bike for the first time! flickr.com/photos/tandemracer/32465379 8
- 5. Of Course Not! Study can’t teach you to ride a bike Only a bike can teach you that flickr.com/photos/chaimzvi/169878386 flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/4105131927 9 Learning a New Scripting Tool Do you study or try? Both! Read this bit… Then type “Hello World!” flickr.com/photos/isipeoria/6691167811 10
- 6. Experiments lead to experience 11 The only source of knowledge is experience -Albert Einstein flickr.com/photos/13964815@N00/145646478 12
- 7. Only two ways to gain experience Accidentally Intentionally 13 Start Familiar Working Smooth Teaching Dreyfus Model of Skills Acquisition Steps Recipes Intuition Stuck Principles en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_model_of_skill_acquisition 14
- 8. Dreyfus Lessons Beginners need steps Experts need freedom Expertise doesn’t transfer flickr.com/photos/thehoneybunny/101746482 X 15 Expertise Expert brain surgeon Horrible cook Excellent exploratory tester Novice performance tester Can be an expert here… … and clueless there flickr.com/photos/gemsling/589275040 16
- 9. That’s OK 17 Our Expertise We became experts… On the ~last~ project flickr.com/photos/ofernandezberrios/2719764089 18
- 10. Today is a New Project New OS (Windows 10? El Capitan? Sierra? Pangolin?) New toolkits (Selenium? Cucumber? te52.com?) New versions from Mercury, HP… and who else knows? It’s all new! Slightly different flickr.com/photos/ofernandezberrios/2720569216 19 Expertise Graph Skill Project 1 Project 2 20
- 11. Expertise Graph (Expectation) Skill Project 1 Project 2 21 Expertise Graph (Reality) Skill Project 1 Project 2 22
- 12. We’re Not Experts Anymore! Dunning-Kruger Effect If you think you’re an expert… You’re at risk! flickr.com/photos/ronbennetts/5516621911 23 Are You Sure? mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/agile-succeeds-three-times-more-often-than-waterfall 24
- 13. Are You Sure? mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/agile-succeeds-three-times-more-often-than-waterfall Waterfall failure > 80% Agile is 3X safer! Agile is only 40/60 Russian roulette has better odds 25 Embrace It We stink 26
- 14. More Politely Our industry is young Bridge builders have had thousands of years We’ve had decades We’re still learning Still discovering what works 27 Let’s Assume… Past experience is of less value than we’d hoped The ability to learn is invaluable Intentional experimentation is the best way to learn Ever project is suboptimal and has learning opportunities flickr.com/photos/katerha/7071545621 28
- 15. How? Let’s focus on a few areas Requirements Architecture Languages & Libraries flickr.com/photos/toolstop/4546017269 29 Requirements The Expert vs The Learner 30
- 16. Requirements: The Expert I already know what the customer needs I’ll go write all the requirements for the next release Leave me alone Feedback slows me down You slow me down! I’ll tell you when I’m done. flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/7519959272 flickr.com/photos/fumigraphik/14556518130 31 Requirements: The Learner I’m not sure I have a few ideas I’ll write one down Discuss with a customer Review with developers and testers Let’s implement one Verify it Show a customer Adjust and try again flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/7519959272 32
- 17. Implement Requirements Rewrite Before significant time and $$ is invested Discuss Include the Triad Dev QA Customer Requirement Experiments Verify 33 Architects: The Expert I’m an Architect! The last 5 projects? Development’s fault. The cloud is just like the mainframe Tweak a few slides… Here’s your slide deck architecture Go implement it. POOF! (The Disappearing Architect!) 34
- 18. Architect: The Learner Tracer Bullet Development Walking skeleton Thin, vertical slices Validate the technologies interact cleanly Executable architecture Engaged partner, working alongside the team Learning, and changing, as we progress 35 Tech Choices: The Expert This worked last time Shut up and code I know what I’m doing It’s what I already know, so it’s what we’ll use again. And again And again And again flickr.com/photos/dmitry-baranovskiy/2378867408 36
- 19. Tech Choices: The Learner Let’s try it Let’s code a proof of concept first How about 2 or 3 experiments? Spend a few days… then let’s regroup to discuss 37 Why No Testers? Rumor has it… It’s easier to see faults in others flickr.com/photos/dharder9475/16191943997 38
- 20. Tester: The Expert I don’t have time to learn My company will tell me what to learn Automate? When? I’m busy clicking through my tests Why don’t you help me click? WHY AREN’T YOU CLICKING TOO?? flickr.com/photos/mvjantzen/8077516249 39 Tester: The Learner I’ve done this by hand too many times Can this be automated? What’s being talked about? (articles, blogs, ???) Here’s a tool I learned about at a user group. Can I test it from a different direction? Can I test at a different level? Can I automate the automation? flickr.com/photos/crashmaster/3262933193 40
- 21. In Industry Today Work hard Long hours Get certificate of appreciation Then you’re laid off Jobs move elsewhere 41 Change is Difficult Dont’ change Experiment Attempt Learn Adopt Thrive 42
- 22. Why Doesn’t Everyone Work This Way? 43 Why Don’t We Work This Way? 44
- 23. White Rabbit Projects I’m late! I’m late! No time to sharpen the axe Don’t have time to learn Shut up and code Shut up and test Too busy walking to learn to ride a bike flickr.com/photos/tearstone/5028273685 45 Learn From History? Repeat the same mistakes… Too busy to look up and realize we’re in a rut flickr.com/photos/lauritopias/15594799343 46
- 24. THE KEY TO BIKE RIDING Is to ride a bike flickr.com/photos/beatkueng/5182116596 47 THE KEY TO BUILDING SOFTWARE Is to build software flickr.com/photos/beatkueng/5182116596 48
- 25. THE KEY TO LEARNING Is to learn flickr.com/photos/beatkueng/5182116596 49 Get on a bike 50
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- 27. Guidelines for Habitual Experimenters (from GROWS) Intentional (setup loop before starting any activity) Short (approaching real-time) Real-world (e.g., “as deployed”, not theoretical) Iterative (steady, cyclical rhythm) Incremental (growing small piece at a time) 53 Source of Truth Books mislead Friends overstate Internet lies Experiments strip away bias, prejudice, and assumption Experiments reveal reality flickr.com/photos/jonastana/15624042964 54
- 28. Experiments This IS how it works Not what I thought Not what I expected It’s easy to start Difficult to start Too slow It’s great Truth flickr.com/photos/sandwichgirl/5109314424 55 Stages of Learning Initial learning GrowsMethod.com Improvement 56
- 29. Stages of Learning Initial learning Improvement GrowsMethod.com Unconscious Incompetence Not aware you suck 57 Stages of Learning Unconscious Incompetence Not aware you suck Initial learning Improvement GrowsMethod.com Conscious Incompetence Aware you suck 58
- 30. Stages of Learning Unconscious Incompetence Not aware you suck Conscious Incompetence Aware you suck Initial learning Improvement GrowsMethod.com Conscious Competence Suck less when you focus 59 Stages of Learning Unconscious Incompetence Not aware you suck Conscious Incompetence Aware you suck Conscious Competence Suck less when you focus Unconscious Competence You no longer suck Initial learning Improvement GrowsMethod.com 60
- 31. Stages of Learning Unconscious Incompetence Not aware you suck Conscious Incompetence Aware you suck Conscious Competence Suck less when you focus Unconscious Competence You no longer suck Initial learning Improvement GrowsMethod.com 61 Stages of Learning Unconscious Incompetence Not aware you suck Conscious Incompetence Aware you suck Conscious Competence Suck less when you focus Unconscious Competence You no longer suck Initial learning Improvement GrowsMethod.com 62
- 32. No Pain? No Gain. Get comfortable being uncomfortable If it’s not hurting, you’re probably doing it wrong flickr.com/photos/aandaphotography/8703788718 63 Now What? Intentional experimentation is good Deliberate learning advances our career What to learn? A few samples… 64
- 33. Your Roadmap? The College Journey and Academic Engagement: How Metaphor Use Enhances Identity-Based Motivation Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2014, Vol. 106, No. 5, 679–698 65 Continuous Integration Builds stay clean Provides code change visibility Encourages project hygiene Jenkins is open source Nice UI Easy set up Watch Build Unit Tests Publish Continuous Integration 66
- 34. Read Docs Read Use-cases Install locally Monitor anything Demo Enlist help Share with your team Visit http://jenkins.io 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 67 Virtualization Run multiple operating systems on your computer Run a safe testing environment Pause it Back it up Wreck it! Restore it 68
- 35. Visit http://docker.com What is Docker? Get Started Tutorial Install locally docker run hello-world Visit hub.docker.com docker pull jenkins Share with your team 1 2 6 5 3 4 6 7 69 Behavior Driven Development Describe project features in english Executable documentation Write “tests” during planning meeting Stories are done when the tests pass Create a common language for dev, test, and PO 70
- 36. Visit http://cucumber.io Read Docs Read Installation Watch 3 YouTube tutorials! Run locally Partner w/dev to get basic test running Write variations of the original test Share with your team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 71 Web Browser Automation Verify your product via the web browser Use free, open source tools to test Avoid licensing fees for users or servers Use the bundled IDE to record your actions 72
- 37. Visit docs.seleniumhq.org Read Documentation Select your team’s language Read Introduction Install IDE & Selenium 2 Record a use case w/IDE Add a few validations Demo for your team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 73 Remember Assume what you just learned still works and you’ll be a statistic Question constantly Prove every assumption Validate choices before they’re permanent or expensive Short, time-boxed experiments drive learning Knowledge is power 74
- 38. Road Map Your Path Lay out a roadmap for where you want to go Make it visual Follow your plan… Until it’s time for a new plan! 75 This is the end Of the conference What have you learned? What will you do? 76
- 39. This is the beginning Of your next steps Where will you go? Write it down 77 Let me remind you Bob Galen Mary Thorn Paul Merrill Arylee McSweaneyCheezy Michael Bolton Lee Copeland Melanie Drake Jim Holmes Jennifer BonineStacy Kirk Scott Miles 78
- 40. They Started in These Seats They listened and learned too! What will you do? What choices will you make? Will you make intentional experimentation work for you? 79 You don't have to though… This can just be another event in a cool location I love southern California! Low humidity Great temperatures Bars on the windows; bad traffic Okay, love the temperatures! You can just go home Keep treading water 80
- 41. Stages of Learning Unconscious Incompetence Not aware you suck Conscious Incompetence Aware you suck Conscious Competence Suck less when you focus Unconscious Competence You no longer suck Initial learning Improvement GrowsMethod.com 81 Intentional Experimentation 82
- 43. Andy Hunt One of the 17 authors of Agile Manifesto Author of nine books on tech and agile Publisher, Pragmatic Bookshelf Jared Richardson Coach, author and speaker Founder,Agile Artisans Experience the 2-day GROWS workshop with Andy Hunt and Jared Richardson GrowsMethod.com EffectiveAgileTeams.com 85