Agile implementation in CSR Haifa SW - Michael Levin - Agile Israel 2013
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The document outlines the development and implementation of a 'camera on a chip' product by CSR-Haifa, emphasizing the transition to an agile framework aimed at enhancing software quality and team efficiency. Key strategies include the introduction of a Quality Trustee for software delivery oversight and a focus on continuous integration for automated testing. Additionally, it addresses challenges such as coordination with non-agile teams and the need for improved quality metrics.
Agile implementation in CSR Haifa SW - Michael Levin - Agile Israel 2013
- 1. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Michael Levin, PMP May,2013
- 2. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY CSR Camera on a Chip (COACH) is a SoC product developed by CSR-Haifa
- 3. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY COACH development teams Page 3 `` āCamera On Chipā Drivers SW (CSR- Haifa) 7 functional teams Application SW (Outsourcing) Customer SW Functional SW QA VLSI A&A System HW SW Production engineering
- 4. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Page 4 Goals for Agile implementation in CSR-Haifa SW ļ¼Ability to respond to business changes ļ¼Ability to respond to interrupts ļ¼360 visibility ļ¼Better planning and effort estimation ļ¼Better program and milestones tracking ļ¼Increasing of team efficiency ļ¼Minimize waste ļ¼Morale/Motivation increasing ļ¼Improve cross team coordination ļ¼Continuous improvement of SW Quality we deliver ā¢ This goal was identified at the stage of agile training ā¢ Most challenging
- 5. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Page 5 Solution for Quality improvement ļ± Problem: Drivers SW group in Haifa does not have QA people. ļ¼ Solution: Quality Trustee (QT). ļ QT is one of the scrum team engineers nominated for one sprint to be in charge of team deliveries quality ā¢ Unit tests ā review and extension ā¢ Code reviews ā¢ Validating DoD completion ā¢ Root cause analysis ā¢ Historical technical debt ā¢ Additional benefit: knowledge sharing ā¢ Has a special QT hat ļ
- 6. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Page 6 Quality Ensuring infrastructure Automated tests: ļ Proof build ā every change list is tested automatically before submission. (~ 30 min processing time) ļ Continuous integration approach ā Full QA suit is run several times per day ā stability testing.
- 7. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY SW teams interface optimization Page 7 Camera On Chip SoC Drivers SW (CSR- Haifa) 7 functional teams Application SW (Outsourcing) Customer SW Drivers team Application team SW Functional SW QA VLSI A&A System HW Production engineering
- 8. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Page 8 Important soft aspects ļ¼Management is fully committed to Agile process ļ¼ Management considers people needs and caring about employeesā feelings ļ¼ Scrum Master forum ļ¼Lesson learned ļ¼Balancing between āeveryone can do everythingā and deep technical expertise.
- 9. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Page 9 Burn down chart (created by JIRA tracking tool) ļ± Tracking the progress within the sprint ļ± Planned vs. performed ļ± Tasks estimation accuracy ļ± Planned vs. unplanned effort ļ± Long term trends based on historical data
- 10. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Page 10 Next on our agenda: release process ļ¼ Currently ā release every 6 weeks ļ¼ Currently ā several customer branches ļ¼ Need to move to full Continuous Integration: ļ¼ Automatic testing ļ¼ Unified branch ļ¼ Every check-in is a potential releaseā¦
- 11. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Page 11 Open issues to be addressed ļ¼ Meet sprint commitments ļ¼ Coordination with other non-agile teams ļ¼ Handling of complicated HW/SW debugging tasks ļ¼ Conflict between test coverage and test resources ļ¼ Quality metrics o Amount of tests o Amount of detected bugs o Bug detection source
- 12. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Page 12 Q&A
- 13. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Page 13 What to take: ā¢ Quality improvement w/o QA ā¢ Interfaces optimization ā¢ Consider people needs and feeling Summary
- 14. FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Page 14 Thank you!