Datta Vellal

2023

I supervised software competency experts in North America, building on earlier supervisory experience in Philips India. I led the State of Software Craftsmanship report on 138 projects, ran the Back2Basics workshop for about 50 engineers and organized the US developer portal hackathon with the Software Excellence team. All three goals were rated Exceeds Expectations, and feedback from the businesses was 100% positive.

  • 138projects in the craftsmanship report
  • ~50at Back2Basics
  • 1,569reached by the hackathon
  • 24pieces of feedback

What mattered most

  1. 01

    2023 review: all three goals above expectations

    My manager called my impact impressive and pointed to 24 pieces of requested feedback, mostly from the businesses we serve, whose feedback was 100% positive.

  2. 02

    Organized the US developer portal hackathon

    With the Software Excellence team, I organized a two-day hackathon in Cambridge where teams, some travelling from other US sites, built on the internal developer portal.

  3. 03

    Brought code-health analysis into a product pipeline

    I helped a systems business add code-health analysis to its pipeline and reviewed progress with its leaders.

  4. 04

    Designed and ran a hands-on code quality workshop for about 50 engineers

    I designed and ran a two-hour workshop on design, code, test and review patterns, where engineers reviewed real open-source and shared code knowing they would co-own any bug they approved.

  5. 05

    Led a company-wide software craftsmanship report on 138 projects

    As lead author of the State of Software Craftsmanship 2023 report, I led the analysis of data from 138 projects, about 80% of the software community, and linked low practice maturity to a higher chance of product faults.

“Feedback from businesses is 100% positive and thanks you for your skill and calm, clear communication.”

Manager, Software ExcellencePhilips, February 2024Read the capsule

By month

Also in 2023

  1. 31 October 2023A mastery chat with a data science teamTalk
  2. 25 October 2023Shared interviewing resourcesHiring
  3. 24 October 2023Unblocked a team's static-analysis build in an hourProject
  4. 29 September 2023Demoed AI coding tools at a Cambridge launch eventTalk
  5. 29 September 2023Thanks from the head of software excellenceRecognition
  6. 19 September 2023Five years at PhilipsRecognition
  7. September 2023Reviewed an SBOM automationProject
  8. August 2023Demoed code-health analysis to a quality teamProject
  9. 26 May 2023Named in the Software Excellence Awards announcementRecognition
  10. March ~2023Feedback on mentoringRecognition
  11. 3 February 2023A team member on my mentoringRecognition