US Air Force Software Engineering Efficiency

24 Pages·2016·1.4 MB·English

U.S. Air Force Software
Engineering Efficiency
and Productivity for
Information Operations
Paul Braden
U.S. Air Force
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Agenda
 Introduction
 U.S. Air Force AFSC Way
 CMMI vs Agile
 Efficiency Study
 Definitions
 Tracking
 Productivity
 Definitions
 Tracking
 Conclusion
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Introduction
Software Engineer Problems Why are we here?
1/5/2002
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Series 1 Series 2
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U.S Air Force AFSC Way
“Speed is GOOD”
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U.S. Air Force AFSC Way
 The term “Speed,” in the AFSC Way Lexicon, is meant to be synonymous with
efficient processes that promote throughput paced to a Road to… goal.
Efficient
Productivity
CMMI
AGILE
AGILE and CMMI
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U.S. Air Force AFSC Way
 Important Definitions
Road To…
Networks
Gates/DBR
Release Points
Visual Displays
Standard Work (Scripting)
Tools/Tech Data
Touch Time
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U.S. Air Force AFSC Way
 Critical Path. A sequence of activities in a project
plan which must be completed by a specific time
for the project to be completed on its need date.
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U.S. Air Force AFSC Way
 Little’s Law
 At steady state, all production systems have an average
throughput, work-in-progress (WIP), and flowtime.
 The fundamental relationship between all three is
determined by Little’s Law: WIP = throughput x flowtime.
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U.S. Air Force AFSC Way
 What led the Air Force to using the AFSC Way?
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CMMI vs. Agile
CMMI (Capability Maturity Agile (12 Principles for
Model Integration) Project Management)
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