OPEN DEVELOPMENTOPEN DEVELOPMENT
METHODOLOGYMETHODOLOGY
THE OPEN SOURCE NATURAL WORKFLOW AS ATHE OPEN SOURCE NATURAL WORKFLOW AS A
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGYSOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY
#OpenDevelopmentMethod

WATERFALLWATERFALL
SCRUMSCRUM
AGILEAGILE
EXTREMEEXTREME
LEANLEAN
TDDTDD
BDDBDD

GETGET
SHITSHIT
DONEDONE..

GET /who HTTP/1.1
Host: www.ahmadnassri.com
Accept: application/json
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 18:25:00 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
{
"name": "Ahmad Nassri",
"website": "https://www.ahmadnassri.com/",
"twitter": "https://twitter.com/ahmadnassri",
"email": "ahmad@ahmadnassri.com",
"bio": "Technologist, Entrepreneur, Dog Lover",
"work": {
"company": " ",
"title": "Head of Engineering"
}
}
Mashape
AHMAD NASSRIAHMAD NASSRI

API Tools & Marketplace

HIGH EXPECTATIONSHIGH EXPECTATIONS

77 CITIESCITIES
88 LANGUAGESLANGUAGES
88 NATIONALITIESNATIONALITIES
66 TIME ZONESTIME ZONES

OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITYOPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY
Thousands: Cities, Languages, Nationalities, Time Zones

WORKFLOW & ETIQUETTEWORKFLOW & ETIQUETTE
(this alone can take a full day to go through)
1. focus on code quality (syntax, comments, simplicity)
2. documentation, documentation, documentation!
3. tests speak louder than words
4. everything is a discussion
5. everybody can see (business, design, engineering)
6. expect asynchrony (no meetings, no direct answers)
7. everybody decides, together.

LOVE DOGFOOD!LOVE DOGFOOD!

DOGFOODDOGFOODINGING!!
Dogfood
verb
gerund or present participle: dogfooding
(of a company's staff) use a product or service
developed by that company so as to test it before it
is made available to customers.

CRITICISMCRITICISM
& RESPONSIBILITY& RESPONSIBILITY
“Be your own worst critic.
When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the
blame. Don't.
Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and
you will find out what you're capable of.”
― Paul Arden, Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite

STILL EVOLVINGSTILL EVOLVING

GETGET
SHITSHIT
DONEDONE..

LETS DISCUSS!LETS DISCUSS!
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