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What is it that sets some teams apart from others? How do you ensure that you leverage the most from your software investment, empower your team, maximize quality, and create a team that drives innovation? After 5 years of working with, learning from, and coaching teams that deliver software excellence, we've pulled together the best practices that we've observed. Begin here to learn about the program and how to get started.

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OBJECTIVES

Understand the LabVIEW Center of Excellence Program
Download tools such as the CoE Process Self-Audit
Determine if you and your team are ready to dive into the LabVIEW Center of Excellence

Included Learning set Modules

STEP 1: LEARN ABOUT THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM

Many teams want to improve standardization and reuse, or improve other processes or architecture. The Center of Excellence program provides the framework to enable success. Begin here to learn about the program.

STEP 2: CONDUCT COE PROCESS SELF-AUDIT

Word Document: This is an extensive review of software engineering best practices. You and your team can use this audit document as a way to review current practices and begin your detailed gap analysis so that you can build a plan to integrate practices that align with your workflow.

STEP 3: REVIEW THE NI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM TUTORIAL

Read the NI CoE Program Tutorial: If you are interested in the NI Center of Excellence program for you and your team, review this tutorial to understand the program and your role better. This guide was written in 2017 and is relevant today.

STEP 4: BEGIN AND GROW YOUR INTERNAL USER GROUP

Effectively driving proficiency efforts requires team alignment. Starting and growing a strong user group allows you to build proficiency on your team and garner the alignment to implement software engineering best practices as you pursue your NI Center of Excellence goals.