A day of Mob Programming

[@FormulaExcel]

Way interesting! Question: how do you evaluate who should get promoted?

[@ChrisLucian]

This type of work requires people to collaborate continuously, especially when you work with data that is hard to get to or hard to understand. Working together like this helps the team traverse data related issues quickly and efficiently and that is one of my favorite things about mobbing.

[@woodyz53]

The product we are working on in this video is an internally used business application. We produce very high quality applications with very few( if any) bugs. Our customers are internal partners who work closely with us to determine their needs and how to best fulfill those needs..

[@FifthRig]

I couldn't imagine working any other way. We're just getting started with this.

[@brandonwise]

Interesting approach. Extreme Programming turned up to 11. So what applications have been written this way? Anything well-known and widely-distributed?

[@Sakitsunebi]

15 min rotations looks like a good way to avoid burnout

[@joedailey8891]

Woody, was nice us enough to spend a whole day teaching us Mob programming at Mitchell International with a team that worked as individuals. They soon learned how to work together, test driven development, breaking down coding attempts to the smallest segments possible, finding patterns, real time re factoring, team communication, constant dynamic improvement all day, migrating to the best ideas the team has to offer, team spirit that will results in better products and productivity, .. This approach has advantages that you will not discover until you give it a try. By the end of the day we had a team that functioned as a high performing team.

[@woodyz53]

Hey Joe! I had a great time and really enjoyed working with the team and everyone who joined us. I hope everyone got something out of it, and will be able to use some of these ideas. Cheers!

[@icjs7513]

Thanks sharing your feedback - are you still using Mob Programming?

[@FifthRig]

But how do we get better at estimates?

[@lothar4tabs]

This is for sure a very fun way of working!! :-) What was the product? Did the customer see an improvment of quality?

[@josecuervo186]

Do you have mob-change-management as well? I used to do pair programming but the guy I was working with was not as nerd as me and the team was misbalanced. Anyway, seems I need to change the paradigm.

[@woodyz53]

You get better at estimates by NOT DOING THEM. Ever.

[@Electricz0]

Sort of like how your internal clock becomes more accurate the less often you check the time.

[@JoeJustice0]

I love it!

[@slworking2]

Fun time lapse.

[@insanity54]

Wow that's really interesting. I bet code quality is pretty high with this method.

[@cmiller1377]

+insanity54 what's the old adage about too many cooks...?

[@insanity54]

+C Miller Too many cooks in the kitchen? I don't think that's an issue here. There is only one cook in this kitchen at a time. (the person at the keyboard) "Using this technique the team has acheived 10X productivity." The code is reviewed and scrutinized by several people before it's ever commited to version control. There is reduced need to look up syntax or library documentation because there are several minds with their own knowledge. One person doesn't know something, someone else will.

[@FifthRig]

He brings his own healthy lunch. The stomach is an organ not a machine.

[@ChrisLucian]

I am currently hiring people to work this way. Ping me if your interested.

[@neelroy6130]

thanks for sharing; I was looking for this. But is this scrum team? If yes, there would also be QE in it. How do you deal with that situation?

[@SelmaMarvelprivat]

I want music next time!

[@ognjetina]

codecentric unconference brought me here :)

[@MrRnubs]

So why didn't the Asian get invited to lunch?

[@school_pizza]

lmao

[@icjs7513]

Looks like he was eating at his desk.

[@neelroy6130]

thanks for sharing; I was looking for this. But is this scrum team? If yes, there would also be QE in it. How do you deal with that situation?

[@MichaelJamesSeattle]

I am a Scrum trainer and I don't know what you're trying to say about Scrum here. Skillful teams use techniques such as test-driven development to reduce internal and external handoffs to specialists.