FAQ

Questions, possible answers

How do we get anything done?

• Do everything in two week sprints with teams of 3-6 people

  • start and end each sprint cycle with an hour long meeting that is half autopsy of the completed sprint, half planning session for the next sprint. Make sure your deliverables are well defined and you have the resources to complete your sprint. Time is a resource.

    Note

    everything is code, your deliverables should be code.

  • shorter sprints have too much overhead, longer sprints are... too long

  • daily 10 minute standups for all sprint team members: tribal peer pressure is an effective motivator. In person olde fashioned analog communication is surprisingly effective.

  • rinse and repeat until projects are done

How do we know who is doing what?

• Use github as collaboration tool (you're looking at it right now!)

How do we incorporate recommendations, feature requests, requirements, criticisms, etc into the road map for cloud first applications?

• use github issues

How do we track, prioritize and work on issues?

• use github projects

How do we control what code is incorporated into our cloud first code base?

• use github PullRequests

How do we document our evolving cloud first practices?

• use github wiki