My Philosophy:

• Immersion - Identity Force Multipliers
• Build Trust with Quick Wins but Avoid Sacred Cows
• Start Small - Don't Boil the Ocean
• Iterate - Put a System in Place
• Be Flexible - Plans Are Worthless Planning Is Everything

Tools or processes that AMPLIFY your effort to produce more output

• Onboarding Pain
  • Complex Machine Configuration
  • Competing Dependencies
  • IT Support is Arduous
  • Lack of Documentation
• Development Pain
  • Submodules (Sacred Cow)
  • Simulation is manual with several touchpoints
  • IT Resources for Automation are Onerous

Senior Management Vision: Productization

• Developer Containers
  • Environment Configuration Included in Repositories
    • Dependencies are sequestered in a repository 
  • Changes Immediately Realized by All
  • No touch point with IT
  • Auto-configuration of Debuggers
• Deliverables
  • Working Example for one code base
  • Company-Wide presentation 
  • Confluence documentation

Goal: Mitigate Developer Environment Configuration Woes

• Gather Support and Budget
• Shared Responislbity Model for IT Resources
  • Gitlab hosted in Azure Gov Cloud
• T&E and Developers Working from the Same Source
• Deliverables
  • GitLab and K8 runners in IL5 Cloud Environment
  • AFSIM Containers and Automation Scripts
  • Senior Management and Developer Presentation
  • Documentation

Goal: Simply AFSIM and Embed Simulations in the Build Pipeline

• DAST, SAST, and Common Defect Scanning
• Package Management
• Deliverables
  • KanBan Task Tracking (Just Enough Process)
  • SonarQube hosted in Azure Gov Cloud
  • Artifactory hosted in Azure Gov Cloud
  • Pipeline Improvements: clang-format, clang-tidy, clang sanitizers, gcov
  • E2E Tests with Custom AFSIM Scripts
  • Documentation

Goal: Migrate to a Packaged Product

• Road Map
  • Hire Product Manager
    • Solicit Requirements
    • Prioritize Tasking
  • Onboarding Documentation and Tutorials
  • Build Advanced AFSIM Vignettes
  • Eliminate home-grown test frameworks
  • Eliminate Submodules in Favor of Conan Packages
  • Auto Generate Pipeline for New Projects

Goal: Demonstrate "Military Worth" of Product