Presented in PM+, a conference organized by SimpliLearn

1. Lessons from new age coaches for
project managers
Mosesraj R
Collabera Solutions
Bangalore
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3. Learning - Measure the
unobvious
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4. Fundamental challenge - measurability
People
Engineering
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5. “. . . .Yo u r
hands can’t
Structural
hit what
application profile
Code
structure
Test case
adequacy your eyes
can’t
s e e … . .”
Requirements
structure
Muhammad Ali
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7. Requirements Qualification
Planning & Tracking iterative assessment (Score Card)
Functional Requirements assessment
(Score Card)
Business Requirements
assessment (Score Card)
Non Functional Requirements assessment
(Score Card)
Proposal / SOW / Discovery Requirement Phase Design Phase
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8. Influence ofSIT with engineering metrics
Correlating complexity attribute II
% Branches Block Depth
% Branches Block Depth
Cyclomatic Complexity
Max Cyclomatic Complexity
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Bridging the eagle’s eye and worm’s view Slide 8

9. Composite parameter analysis
Study from European university
Number of Class vs SIT defects
2% 1%
1%
4%
 Key parameters measured
 Cyclomatic complexity/LOC
 No. of methods/class
 No. of Calls/method
92%  LOC/method
8% of classes is contributing to 100% of SIT
defects
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10. Toxicity Analysis
Correlates to
AT & SIT
defects
Detailed study of the data shows most of the SIT & AT defects are occurring amongst the top four Java classes
shown in the sample data above which have highly toxic code with high method length
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11. See code akin to a city map...
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12. Measuring test aspects…
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13. Learning - Follow the recipe!
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14. Leveraging agile principles
in a quality assurance team
People Program Matrix Mid-month progress
(EPIC Backlog) review (Sprint review)
Monthly milestones
End of month review
(Sprint Planning &
(Retrospective)
Backlog preparation)
9:30 updates
(Daily stand up meeting)
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15. Learning - Help them see the
gaps and motivate!
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16. Thank
you
Mosesraj R - (mosesrajr@collabera.com)
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