Week 12 - Estimation and Productivity

Learning Objectives:

In this week of the course, you will learn to:

• Describe how to perform planning and time estimation in an agile model
• Understand limitations and dangers of making development decisions based on quantitative metrics
• Apply root-cause analysis to construct a blameless post-mortem of a team project
• Apply a goal/signal/metrics framework in software engineering as a feedback loop to improve processes

Lessons:

• 12.1: Planning Software Projects Video, Slides: PDF, PPT, Keynote
• 12.2: Metrics in Software Engineering Video, Slides: PDF, PPT, Keynote
• 12.3: Strategies for Successful Software Teams Video, Slides: PDF, PPT, Keynote
• 12.4: Measuring Engineering Productivity Video, Slides: PDF, PPT, Keynote

Resources:

• Prof Bell’s in-class review notes

For further reading:

• Software Engineering @ Google, Chapters 3, 7
• The Mythical Man-Month
• Debugging Teams
• Example post-mortem analysis
• Post-mortem analysis template