Learn how we do product development at Flood IO from planning what to build and how to get started.

1. Guide to Product Development
@flood_ioTim Koopmans

2. What we Make

3. Who makes it
Tim Koopmans Mikel Lindsaar

4. How we get from this

5. How we get to that

6. Whopping Big Load ™

7. Across the Globe

8. Development by Day & Night
Kids go to BedCaffeine Wears Off

9. The Product is Simple
1. Load generation on demand
2. Analyse results in real time

10. With Hidden Complexity

12. Our Code Base
2.2years old
333days coding it

13. 333days to build a ‘simple’ product?
You’re Doing it Wrong?

14. Tip #1
“Estimation is hard”

15. Cathartic Release

16. Let’s talk about planning the beginning
begin!
! planning_to_start

17. “There is no end”
Tip #2

18. Tip #3
“Plan to Iterate”

19. And keep moving

20. And move quickly

21. More quickly than them

22. OODA Loop

23. Get inside your Competitor’s OODA loop

24. But don’t get Dizzy

26. Moving Forward

27. and Backward

28. Zoom Out

29. Zoom In

30. Pan and Tilt

31. http://yaraamjad.wikispaces.com/SDLC

33. “If your plan is written down on paper it quickly
becomes as dead as the tree it was written on.”
Tip #4

34. rescue Plan::VModel => error!
! puts “downright scary”
http://www.vietnamesetestingboard.org/zbxe/?document_srl=121019&mid=download&listStyle=&cpage=

35. warn(“scary”)
http://www.pathfindersolns.com/resources/industry-glossary/agile-software-development

36. Ancient Egyptians had Agile processes

37. We’re not building pyramids, just software

38. How to get started with the build
ensure!
! build_something

39. Build a Roadmap?

40. Roadmaps

41. MVP?

42. MVP

43. http://blog.aha.io/index.php/the-minimum-lovable-product/
“Forget the MVP and build the MLP
(minimum lovable product).”
Tip #5

44. !
@maxl0rd Thanks to @flood_io for the cool
ruby-jmeter gem which almost makes writing
load test plans FUN. No XML!
!
@ronotica @flood_io Kudos on a job well
done with ruby_jmter gem integration with
flood.io. Still AMAZED how easy it was to
get up to speed!
!
@bender_michael Try out @flood_io for load
testing! EASY to get running using the har to
jmx conversion utility!
!
@zedtux I've just discovered @flood_io. It's a
damned SIMPLE service for your website
load testing, you can try for free at flood.io
!
@veganmutiny @flood_io Very nice to use
though. Watching real-time floods
interactively is AWESOME.
!
@rabidgremlin LOVE @flood_io har2jmx tool.
Makes setting up JMeter tests a snap
!
@kindofwater The BEST cloud load testing
platform is @flood_io - bar none.

45. % new flooders

47. ☑ setup AWS account
☑ ec2-start-instances
☑ PROVISION BOXES
☑ FLAP AROUND WITH RMI
☑ SCP scripts out
☑ SSH AND START MONITORS
☑ START LOAD TEST
☑ FIX NETWORK CONNECTIVITY ISSUES
☑ RE-START LOAD TEST
☑ TAIL RESULTS
☑ SCP RESULTS
☑ PARSE RESULTS
☑ OPEN EXCEL ...
Less time <doing X>, more time testing

49. Tip #6
“Get the right design”

50. Tip #7
“Get the design right”

54. Tip #8
“If it builds, ship it”

55. Hooray you’ve built something!

56. “Estimation is hard”
“There is no end”
“Plan to Iterate”
“Get the right design”
“Get the design right”
“If it builds, ship it”
Tim Koopmans
Done!
http://au.linkedin.com/in/timkoopmans/