PhillyXP Mob Programming Workshop

Introducing the practices from my Mob Programming Quick Start Guide to kickoff the PhillyXP Mob Programming Workshop

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1. Mob Programming / TDD
   Workshop
   February 18, 2020
   Photo by Sean Lim on Unsplash
   Mob Programming Workshop February 18, 2020
   Anthony Sciamanna
   @asciamanna
   Nick Goede
   @ngoede
   

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2. Mob Programming Quick Start Guide
   Photo by Carolyn V on Unsplash
   

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3. Use a Mob
   Programming
   Tool
   http://mobster.cc/
   

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4. Start with Short
   Switching Intervals
   Five to Seven Minutes
   

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5. Disciplined
   Break Taking
   via the Pomodoro Technique
   Taking Breaks in a Disciplined Way – Tim Ottinger
   

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6. Pair Mob
   Programming
   with TDD
   Fast feedback cycles
   and team-based flow
   supports working
   in small batches and
   taking breaks
   

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7. Strong-Style Pairing Model
   For an idea to go from your head into the computer
   it MUST go through someone else’s hands.
   -Llewellyn Falco – The Strong-Style Pairing Golden Rule
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8. Full Team
   Participation
   

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9. Waste Snake
   Improving daily work is even more important than doing daily
   work.
   -Gene Kim - The DevOps Handbook
   

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10. Find the Driver's Level
    Instruct drivers differently based on
    their experience with programming and
    the tools
    

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11. Learnings
    Board
    

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12. Avoid Runaway
    Drivers
    

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13. Debate in Code
    When unsure what direction to go
    try both versions AND THEN debate
    the merits.
    Don’t get lost in abstract discussion
    Nasa Scientists posing for Life Magazine in 1961 in front of board of calculations
    

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14. Shared Team Settings
    Streamline working together by having shared
    key mappings and settings
    

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15. Invite the Experts
    Stuck? Bring in experts from other
    teams or other organizations to join
    the mob
    

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16. Invite the Leaders
    Having organizational leadership
    experience the team’s impediments
    in real-time will help them address
    organizational causes
    

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17. Quick Start Guide Download
    https://anthonysciamanna.com/2020/02/15/mob-programming-quick-start-guide.html
    

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18. Tonight’s Exercise
    The Greeter Kata – TDD Exercise
    https://github.com/PhillyXP/greeter-kata
    

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19. http://bit.ly/phillyxp-mob-programming-workshop
    

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