The Adventures of Dale Alleshouse

Exploiting Force Multipliers

Episode 1337

Force Multipliers

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

Immersion

Force Multipliers

  • 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

Build Trust

  • 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

Start Small

  • 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

Iterate

  • 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

Be Flexible

  • 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

Questions

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