Improving Developer Productivity and Qualitywith Visual Studio ALM Tools

Peter ProvostPrincipal Program Manager

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Who is Peter?Work for VS but live in DenverInvolved in the agile >10 yearsGrew up all over the world15 foot daily commuteMarried for 12 years2 kids & 1 dogPlay bass in a rock cover bandStudy Kenpō Karate with my sonUniform is jeans, shorts & t-shirts

Challenges in Modern App DevelopmentWe still have large code basesWe still find ourselves working in unfamiliar code

Agile development changed the way we workNow we work in a lean, continuous mode

Continuous delivery becoming the normWe want to provide rapid turnaround on fixes and changesFixing issues with live production systems is common

There is too much to know, too much to remember, and nobody can keep it all straight!

Challenges in Modern App DevelopmentLarge code bases are

common

We still find ourselves working in unfamiliar code

There is too much to know, too much to remember,and nobody can keep it all straight!

Agile development changed the way we

work

Now we work in a lean, continuous mode

Continuous delivery more common

We want to provide rapid turnaround on fixes and changes

Fixing issues with live production systems is hard

Context Switching Hurts!

When you switch from one context to another you get lost and lose time an energy reorienting

Limited Storage

The human brain has limited “slots” for working memory.

We can’t keep track of enough things at once!

Situational Awareness is…

…the perception of elements in the environment within a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status in the near future.[1]

[1] Endsley, M.R. (1995b). Toward a theory of situation awareness in dynamic systems. Human Factors 37(1), 32–64.

Situational Awareness is…

…knowing what is going on so you can figure out what to do.[1]

[1] Adam, E.C. (1993). Fighter cockpits of the future. Proceedings of 12th IEEE/AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 318–323.

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Peter ProvostProgram Manager Lead

Peter.Provost@microsoft.com@pprovostwww.peterprovost.org

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