Research instruments case study
- 1. Our Agile Journey Research Instruments Click to edit Master subtitle style Rob Thompson
- 2. Company Background Research Instruments (RI) provides systems which are used in fertility laboratories (IVF) Based in Falmouth Employing 60+ people 70 distributors providing coverage in 60 countries
- 3. Technologies and Standards Windows software – C#, SQL, WPF Embedded C on microcontrollers Electronics hardware Mechanical ISO 13485 – Medical Device Directive Federal Drug Administration (FDA) 21 CFR 820
- 5. Our Agile Journey – so far 2 day workshop ‘Kanban’ board Sprints (2 week) Test Driven Development Pair Programming
- 6. User Story Development As a User I would like the software to remember my settings so that I don’t have to re-calibrate and re-configure the software each time I use it. As an Embryologist I would like to be able to replay stored videos of procedures so that I can see how they were performed As a Patient I would like to see confirmation that both me and my embryo have been identified correctly so that I can relax and feel confident
- 7. Magic Board
- 8. Graphs !! Development Effort
- 9. The Benefits Team enthusiastic, focused, motivated Encourage changes in requirements Easier management Higher quality Predictability + Flexibility Identify problems quickly
- 10. Outside the dev team Other teams want to adopt Agile principles Quality dept is happier Snr Management have graphs to play with Marketing speak the same language Customers given accurate timescales Development process is simple
- 11. Myths / Preconceptions It’s for large teams / small teams / sw house It’s undisciplined / chaotic It’s not compatible with quality systems It’s for software developers
- 12. Conclusions… Cannot introduce Agile without help Agile is a journey, not a destination Encourages/requires change in culture We would never look back