Tag: pair-programming
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Rolling ownership of stories through the team
Posted by Simon Baker
We added rolling ownership for stories to our pair-programming back in April 2008 and we've been using it since.
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Friday, 15 May 2009
Extreme Pair-programming
Posted by Simon Baker
The Trailer Park boys at Energized Work have started extreme pairing. First up .. The Jerry Springer Show. Let me tell you, trying to fix the build with guys fighting in the background ain't easy.
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Pomodoro-powered promiscuous pair-programming
Posted by Simon Baker
At Agile 2008, Gus attended a session about the Pomodoro Technique by Stefan Noteberg and has been using it since.
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Saturday, 22 November 2008
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Gardening for facilitators
Posted by Gus Power
If you're new to light-touch leadership you may find yourself focusing on the big events (standups, retrospectives, planning games, showcase, beer). However it's the little-noticed gardening work that happens over the course of an iteration that really helps a team work together and deliver effectively. Here's a few examples, some of which may be specific to our environment.
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Monday, 19 May 2008
Sunday, 18 May 2008
Pair programming and the Clumping phenomenon
Posted by Simon Baker
In a retrospective a wee while ago we identified the phenomenon of clumping. Clumping, as it has been colloquially termed, is the crowding effect that occurs when too many pairs cram into one section of the bullpen.
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008
People do pair-programming
Posted by Simon Baker
On the whole our team is pretty good at pair programming. Our promiscuity is ramping up nicely and we're now using the concept of rolling story ownership. It works like this: At the daily standup, when a new story is brought into play, someone will volunteer to own it. Another person will volunteer to pair on that card. They'll work on the story until the next pair-swap at which point the owner moves off the story passing ownership to his partner and a new volunteer steps in to pair. The same thing happens at the next swap and so on. Ownership of the card passes to the partner and a new person comes in to pair. The person owning the story when it's done is responsible for demonstrating the story at the showcase.
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Collaborate more to achieve hustle
Posted by Simon Baker
Our team has been together now for about 15 weeks and things are going well. We've got a sustainable pace that's delivering value every week, our Product Owner and Product Sponsor are both happy, and everyone is having fun. So what's bugging me? 2 things.
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Saturday, 15 December 2007
Looping the loop
Posted by Simon Baker
All teams have blips. I sensed growing frustration in the team over the last few iterations - sniping, bickering, moaning, negative comments. Morale was starting to be affected. When the team norms were breaking down and a lack of respect started to emerge I decided to intervene and focus the next retrospective on getting to the root of the problem.
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