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Code Quality in an agile world

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What is this about?

Measuring code quality

Agile fluency model

„Agile code quality“

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How do we measure code quality?

Code Coverage?

Bug count?

Performance?

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How to define code quality?

„Maintainable“

„Testable“

Definition varies...

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Agile fluency model

James Shore and Diana Larsen

Not a maturity model

http://agilefluency.com/

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„One Star Teams Create Business Value“

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One Star Teams

Greater visibility into teams’ work; ability to redirect

Team development and work process design

Team reports progress from a business value perspective

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„Two-Star Teams Deliver on the Market’s Cadence“

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Two Star Teams

Low defects and high productivity

Lowered productivity during technical skill development

Team ships on market cadence

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„Three-Star Teams Optimize Their Value“

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Three Star Teams

Higher value deliveries and better product decisions

Incorporate business expertise into team.

Team provides concrete business metrics

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„Four-Star Teams Contribute to Optimizing the System“

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Four Star Teams

Alignment with organizational goals; synergistic effects

Significant effort in establishing organizational culture

Team reports how its actions impact the organization

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Let's define agile...

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So you want to be agile...

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Continuous Delivery is fast

Live DeploymentContinuous IntegrationArchitecture

Quality Assurance Configuration Management

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Continuous Delivery is fast

Live DeploymentContinuous IntegrationArchitecture

Quality Assurance Configuration Management

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You seriously want to be fast?

Remember two star teams

Invest in team development skills

Good architecture helps being agile

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Is code quality always important?

What are your business goals?

What are the benefits of code quality?

Where are your team skills?

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Keep in mind!

Code quality should improve business value

Continuous delivery needs good code quality

Reach for the stars you really need

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Thanks!

Frank Sons

frank.sons@code-quality.de

http://code-quality.de

@FrankS