Achieving True Collaboration in Programming

Long Mai

1. Achieving  True  Collabora2on     in  Programming   Long  Mai   Improving  Enterprises  
2. Are  we  here  because…   we  want  collabora,on  techniques  OR   how  to  get  the  team  to  collaborate?  
3. Prac2ces   Principles   Values  
4. What  is  the  agile  value  focused  on   collabora2on  on  a  team?  
6. Self  organizing  team  does  not  mean  the  team   can  do  whatever  they  want.  
7. Some  Characteris2cs  of     Self  Organizing  Team   Mo2vated   Open   Courageous   Team  Accountability   Construc2ve  Conflicts   Trus2ng   RespecJul   Team  Oriented   Autonomous   Con2nuously  Improving   Collabora2on   Con2nuously  Learning   Cross-­‐fer2liza2on   Passionate   Produc2ve   Self-­‐managed  
8. No  single  formula  to  self  organiza2on.  
9. Some  Self-­‐organizing  Techniques   •  Facilitate  and  foster  team  interac2ons  in   events   •  Let  the  team  fail  /  Safe  environment   •  Empiricism  (transparency  pillar)   •  Container,  differences,  exchanges  
10. A  simple  container  example…  
11. Personal  Offices  
12. Cubicles  
13. Open  Workspace     (What’s  wrong?)  
14. Open  Workspace   (Working  in  Silos)  
15. Open  Workspace     (Working  Together)  
16. Pair  Programming  Concept   •  hXp://www.youtube.com/watch? v=dYBjVTMUQY0   •  Driver   – Tac2c  (wri2ng  clean  code)   – Communicate  intent   •  Navigator   – Strategic  (overall  design)  
17. Common  Pair  Programming  Strategies   •  Timebox   •  Ping  pong   •  Changing  pairs   Take  breaks  from  ,me  to  ,me.  
18. Pairing  with  Other  Disciplines   •  Break  away  from  Func2on  Teams  and   Departments   •  What  to  Pair  On  
19. Challenges  to  Watch  Out  For   •  Introvert   •  Difficulty  in  agreeing  to  a  solu2on   •  Behavior  and  personality  differences  
20. Smells   •  Nitpick  (backseat  driver)   •  No  communica2on   •  Navigator  disengaged   •  Teacher  /  student   •  Off  topic  communica2on    
21. Experiment!   •  Lead  by  example   •  Retrospec2ve   •  Produc2on  code   •  Bring  in  specialists  
22. My  Current  Focus   •  Agile  /  Scrum   •  Mentoring   •  Socware  Cracsmanship   •  Web  Development   •  .NET  Architecture  and  Development  
23. Needs  or  Interests   long.mai@improvingenterprises.com   •  Lunch’n  Learns   •  Assessments   •  Training  and  Workshops   •  Agile  Coaches   •  Rural  Sourcing  or  On-­‐site  Consultants   •  Career  Opportuni2es