Guide to Product Development

@flood_ioTim Koopmans

What we Make

Who makes it

Tim Koopmans Mikel Lindsaar

How we get from this

How we get to that

Whopping Big Load ™

Across the Globe

Development by Day & Night

Kids go to BedCaffeine Wears Off

The Product is Simple

1. Load generation on demand 2. Analyse results in real time

With Hidden Complexity

Our Code Base

2.2years old

333days coding it

333days to build a ‘simple’ product?

You’re Doing it Wrong?

Tip #1

“Estimation is hard”

Cathartic Release

Let’s talk about planning the beginning

begin!! planning_to_start

“There is no end”

Tip #2

Tip #3

“Plan to Iterate”

And keep moving

And move quickly

More quickly than them

OODA Loop

Get inside your Competitor’s OODA loop

But don’t get Dizzy

Moving Forward

and Backward

Zoom Out

Zoom In

Pan and Tilt

http://yaraamjad.wikispaces.com/SDLC

“If your plan is written down on paper it quickly becomes as dead as the tree it was written on.”

Tip #4

rescue Plan::VModel => error!! puts “downright scary”

http://www.vietnamesetestingboard.org/zbxe/?document_srl=121019&mid=download&listStyle=&cpage=

warn(“scary”)

http://www.pathfindersolns.com/resources/industry-glossary/agile-software-development

Ancient Egyptians had Agile processes

We’re not building pyramids, just software

How to get started with the build

ensure!! build_something

Build a Roadmap?

Roadmaps

MVP?

MVP

http://blog.aha.io/index.php/the-minimum-lovable-product/

“Forget the MVP and build the MLP (minimum lovable product).”

Tip #5

!@maxl0rd Thanks to @flood_io for the cool ruby-jmeter gem which almost makes writing load test plans FUN. No XML! !@ronotica @flood_io Kudos on a job well done with ruby_jmter gem integration with flood.io. Still AMAZED how easy it was to get up to speed! !@bender_michael Try out @flood_io for load testing! EASY to get running using the har to jmx conversion utility! !@zedtux I've just discovered @flood_io. It's a damned SIMPLE service for your website load testing, you can try for free at flood.io !@veganmutiny @flood_io Very nice to use t hough . Wa tch ing rea l - t ime floods interactively is AWESOME. !@rabidgremlin LOVE @flood_io har2jmx tool. Makes setting up JMeter tests a snap !@kindofwater The BEST cloud load testing platform is @flood_io - bar none.

% new flooders

☑ setup AWS account

☑ ec2-start-instances ☑ PROVISION BOXES ☑ FLAP AROUND WITH RMI ☑ SCP scripts out☑ SSH AND START MONITORS ☑ START LOAD TEST☑ FIX NETWORK CONNECTIVITY ISSUES ☑ RE-START LOAD TEST

☑ TAIL RESULTS ☑ SCP RESULTS☑ PARSE RESULTS ☑ OPEN EXCEL ...

Less time <doing X>, more time testing

Tip #6

“Get the right design”

Tip #7

“Get the design right”

Tip #8

“If it builds, ship it”

Hooray you’ve built something!

“Estimation is hard”

“There is no end”

“Plan to Iterate”

“Get the right design”

“Get the design right”

“If it builds, ship it”

Tim Koopmans

Done!

http://au.linkedin.com/in/timkoopmans/