One of the positive aspects of the transition to the SAFe® model for enterprise Agile development is a designated Innovation and Planning (I & P) Sprint. In the few builds that the SAFe has been in place for Team ADEV, the I & P Sprint is gathering steam.
At the end of a recent I & P sprint, over 20 developers and testers on Team ADEV presented 1) new approaches to tasks or processes, 2) custom tools they created to save time and effort, and 3) using off-the-shelf tools they have discovered that other team members might find useful.
After a brief introduction by Eric DePew (ADEV Test Director) and Jeff Jasper (ADEV Technical Lead), the following presenters discussed these topics:
- Existing Tech Block
- MEIS Mission Finder – Charles Missi
- Python MTL Backend Tool – Zach Killebrew
- JBoss Starter – Python Signal Handler and File Descriptors – John Brandenburg
- Debugging Services – Victor Cardona
- ArcGIS Server and Local Deployment – Malcolm Gruber
- Testing Block
- Trigger Build – Eric DePew
- ProScripts to Analyze Protractor Results – Ken Haggerty
- Testing Gaps – Zach Carril
- Team Tools Block
- Test Performance Metric Tool – Zach Killebrew
- Project Tree Viewer – Nick Simmons
- Plan Builder – Nick Simmons
- RT Manager – Nick Simmons
- PR Template – Nick Simmons
- Requirements Management Tool Concepts – Brian Hagerty and Anthony Mense
- New Technologies Block
- Spring Introduction – Patrick Northcutt
- React Introduction – Adam Weatherford
- VSCode Tutorial – Khris Boter
- React Component Boundaries – Patrick Northcutt
- Unit Testing React: Enzyme and Jest – Nathan Bougeno
- E2E Testing React: io – Nathan Bougeno & Mitch Dzurisin
- Topics
- Beard Management and Old Man Candy Time – Devon McConnell
Below are images of some of the presenters:
Don Reed is a Senior Technical Writer and Project Support Specialist with the ADEV program. His background includes engineering and programing, project management, quality management and process improvement, and business-technical communication. Don has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.A. in Communication from Saint Louis University.