Software development in a startup

¡Hola!

Who is this guy?

@JoseVillalobosI’m a Kubeitor

WTF is Kubide?

@KubideTech Angels and Startup Developers

WTF is Bloonder?

@BloonderComContests on every single Social Network

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Today I’m talking about...

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Today I’m talking about...

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Failure Look, I’ve built that sh**y alpha product which NOBODY will use!

Today I’m talking about...

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Success

Failure

- Wow we are on the front page of Hacker News!

- Yeah, I was expecting that.

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Reality

Success

Failure

Ok, let’s go with that…

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Reality

METHODOLOGIES !

:-)Success

Failure

METHODOLOGIES !

:-)

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Waterfall, Agile, Lean...

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Waterfall, Agile, Lean...

They all have something in common...

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PLANNING!!!

What DO we want to achieve?

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Let’s build that kick ass startup

Brainstorm

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Design and Prototype

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Development

Requirements, features, user stories, product backlog...

Kanban

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Benefits of Kanban

VISUAL CONTROL

TRAZABILITY

FOCUS

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Online Tools

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Testing

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Deployment

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What about all this cool stuff?

LanguagesServers

ScalabilityCode Efficiency

Tests...TDD

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What DON’T we want to achieve?

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How can I make my development FAIL?

How can I make my development FAIL?

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1. NOT Planning at all

How can I make my development FAIL?

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1. NOT Planning at all2. Not having a Product Owner

How can I make my development FAIL?

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1. NOT Planning at all2. Not having a Product Owner3. Not breaking your tasks small enough

How can I make my development FAIL?

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4. Not ITERATING

1. NOT Planning at all2. Not having a Product Owner3. Not breaking your tasks small enough

How can I make my development FAIL?

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4. Not ITERATING5. Wrong PRIORIZATION

1. NOT Planning at all2. Not having a Product Owner3. Not breaking your tasks small enough

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But we are a STARTUP we can’t get to that!

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MVP!!!!

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Wich means follow this as much as you can

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Some TIPS

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Some TIPS

1. Go the REST way

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Some TIPS

1. Go the REST way2. TEST your mail system. SPAM Inbox is bad

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Some TIPS

1. Go the REST way2. TEST your mail system. SPAM Inbox is bad3. Use the Language you feel comfortable with

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Some TIPS

4. Try to deploy FAST

1. Go the REST way2. TEST your mail system. SPAM Inbox is bad3. Use the Language you feel comfortable with

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Some TIPS

4. Try to deploy FAST5. Version Control

1. Go the REST way2. TEST your mail system. SPAM Inbox is bad3. Use the Language you feel comfortable with

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AND FOLLOW UP YOUR PRODUCT AND YOUR USERS

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They will be watching you!

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¡GRACIAS!