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discrete event simulation of software development processes

2026-01: This material is under active development. Feedback, suggestions, and corrections are very welcome, either as issues in the GitHub repository or by email.

Lessons

1. Introduction: who this is for and what it covers.
2. Discrete Event Simulation: introducing some basic tools.
3. Simple Metrics: analyzing simple metrics.
4. Exploring Scenarios: exploring other scenarios.
5. Handling Interrupts: because that's just how life is.
6. Insights: building resuable insights.
7. Conclusion: where we've been and what comes next.

Appendices

1. License
2. Code of Conduct
3. Contributing
4. Bibliography
5. Glossary

Acknowledgments {: #acknowledgments}

• Greg Wilson is a programmer, author, and educator based in Toronto. He was the co-founder and first Executive Director of Software Carpentry and received ACM SIGSOFT's Influential Educator Award in 2020.
• Thanks to Rebecca Murphey at Swarmia for supporting the early stages of this project.