PowerShell Summit 2025 - PokekYoke Mistake-Proofing your PowerShell scripts... by Joel Bennett

PokekYoke Mistake-Proofing your PowerShell scripts and functions by Joel Bennett Mistake-proofing is a fundamental concept in continuous improvement, preventing defects by minimizing human errors. In this talk you'll learn about user scenarios and the 5 Whys, and how to apply the basics of root cause analysis and error prevention to your PowerShell scripts and functions. You will also learn to use specific Poka-Yoke techniques for PowerShell from naming conventions and help messages to error messages to guide users, and prevent defects. On top of that, you'll learn how to handle (or not) errors and a couple of ways to capture them so you can prevent them in the future. PowerShell Summit videos are recorded by our friends at Confreaks. Our recordings are made in a way that minimizes overhead for our speakers and interruptions to our live audience. These recordings are meant to preserve the presentations' information for posterity, and are not intended to be a substitute for attending the Summit in person. These recordings are not intended as professional video training products. We hope you find these videos useful. Follow Confreaks 👇 https://confreaks.com https://confreaks.bsky.social https://x.com/confreaks