Product Development in an Unruly Mob

@pr0bablyfine & @benjiweber

Pro Dev Ops

http://probablyfine.co.uk/papers/mob-programming.pdf

Whole Team on the
Same Problem at the
Same Time using the
Same Workstation

Woody Zuill

Mob Fridays

Flash Mobs

http://jahed.github.io/agility/

Inattention to Results
Avoidance of Accountability
Lack of Commitment
Fear of Conflict
Absence of Trust

Absence of
Trust

Work
Closely

Let go

Collective Decisions

Overconfidence

Fear of
Conflict

Reduce deadlock

Balanced Views

Include Specialists

Negative Feedback

Quiet & Loud

External Observer

Lack of
Commitment

Agree & Move-on

Design Purity

Avoidance of
Accountability

Whose fault?

No Handoff

Working Agreements

No Sync

Inattention to
Results

Goals > Ego

Throughput or Cycle Time

Ideal Days

Operations

Product

Trivial Tasks

Prototypes

Summary

Are you still an effective team?

http://probablyfine.co.uk/papers/mob-programming.pdf

http://tech.unruly.co/

Thanks for Listening!

@pr0bablyfine & @benjiweber

http://probablyfine.co.uk/

http://benjiweber.com/xp