Code Quality Workshop Notes
28 Nov. 2016
Attendees: Darius Jazayeri (Unlicensed), Josh Zamor, Chongsun Ahn (Unlicensed), Jake Watson (Deactivated), Brandon Bowersox-Johnson
Agenda
Part 1: Our Quality Goals
- review our burn-up chart
- check in on our priorities about scope versus quality versus timeline (Jake and Mary Jo input is critical here)
Part 2: Our Strategies
- automated testing strategy and test coverage goals
- code review strategy
- ideas about a ‘triage’ approach
- discuss where to invest our time and energy
Quality Goals
After group discussion about the scope/timeline/budget trade-off, we put our priorities in this order:
#1 On Time
#2 Code Quality
#3 Scope
#4 Extension Points Implemented
#5 User Experience
Code Quality
We drilled in on what we mean by 'code quality':
Code Quality Summary
Darius challenged us to summarize what is important about code quality in just a few bullet points. If people don't read our whole code style guide and standards, how do we succinctly summarize what is important to us about code quality?
Next Steps
- Sonar * Fulfillment = Green (focus on using Sonar and getting the new fulfillment service to be green and be an exemplar)
- Tech Debt Backlog:
- make sure all the tech debt is identified and tracked in a backlog
- get tech debt into the backlog more quickly by using Stub-Bug tickets that are quicker to write
- Component Leads:
- "stop the bleeding" approach - make sure the code committed going forward is of high quality
- audit existing code
- → create plans ASAP
- → hold a meeting with SolDevelo component leads about code quality and review process
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