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2. App Compat for Windows 8 Chris Jackson “The App Compat Guy” Microsoft
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App Compat for Windows 8
Chris Jackson
“The App Compat Guy”
Microsoft
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3. your applications

4. a compatible application
has no bugs
on the platform you want
that stop you from getting work done

9. improve software asset management
application quality certification
application license management
application portfolio management

11. Conservative accountants who assign zero values to many intangible benefits prefer being precisely wrong to being vaguely right.
Kaplan, R. “Must CIM be justified by faith alone?”, Harvard Business Review, Volume 64, Number

12. business value – risk
low
medium
high
current
future

13. business value – application stack
infrastructure
platform
applications
current
future

14. business value – new vs. sustaining
current
future

15. business value – pace system of record system of differentiation
system of innovation
current
future

16. becomes irrelevant at some point, every software platform
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at some point,
every software platform
becomes irrelevant
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17. did you get your money’s worth from vb6?

19. probabilistic approach

22. tool accuracy: windows xp – windows 8
85%

23. probability an app flagged as broken is broken
Prior Probability
Initial estimate of incompatibility x
20%
A new event occurs: tools data
Probability app is broken y
85%
Probability app works Z
15%
Posterior Probability
Revised estimate app is broken
𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦+𝑧(1−𝑥)
59%

24. tool accuracy: windows 7 – windows 8
60%

25. probability an app flagged as broken is broken
Prior Probability
Initial estimate of incompatibility x 8%
A new event occurs: tools data
Probability app is broken y
60%
Probability app works Z
40%
Posterior Probability
Revised estimate app is broken
𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦+𝑧(1−𝑥)
12%

26. tool accuracy: ie6 – ie10
30%

27. probability an app flagged as broken is broken
Prior Probability
Initial estimate of incompatibility x
25%
A new event occurs: tools data
Probability app is broken y
30%
Probability app works Z
70%
Posterior Probability
Revised estimate app is broken
𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦+𝑧(1−𝑥)
13%

28. tool accuracy: ie8 – ie10
30%

29. probability an app flagged as broken is broken
Prior Probability
Initial estimate of incompatibility x 5%
A new event occurs: tools data
Probability app is broken y
30%
Probability app works Z
70%
Posterior Probability
Revised estimate app is broken
𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦+𝑧(1−𝑥) 2%

34. the world is too complex for certainty

35. platform transitions structured testing organic testing
application governance
platform exploitation

36. Runtime Analysis Package
PCA
User Feedback
Internet Explorer
No down-level testing
“DCP” is now just inventory collector
Testing happens on target OS
Compatibility Monitor
Monitor for issues when testing applications
Gather data and send to be put in ACT DB
User Steps
App Crashes
ACT Tools

37. motivating the team

39.  used a tool

40. i believe i can do this

44. configuration

46. ie policy permutations

47. molecules in the observable universe

48. unintended consequences
nutrition
women
equality

49. demo

50. Stump the Monkey

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