Mob review at Akeneo

How and why we changed our way to review code at Akeneo. Our path from almost no code review to mob review.

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1. Mob review at
   3+ (wo)men, 1 laptop
   presented by Ju&Ju
   

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2. 2013 - no or optional code review
   

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3. 2014 - systematic peer review
   

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4. Systematic & public
   

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5. Good To Merge
   

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6. OK, problem solved?
   

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7. Well… nope :)
   

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8. 2015 - team/product growing
   

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9. Problems - A lot of comments
   

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10. Problem - Not focused on what’s important
    

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11. Problems - Long exchanges
    

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12. Problems - Misunderstandings with non verbal
    communication
    

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13. Github + many people => code review
    (not for us)
    

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14. Interactions >>> Tools
    

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15. 2016 - introducing mob review
    

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16. Mob programming is a software development approach where the
    whole team works on the same thing, at the same time, in the same
    space, and at the same computer.
    

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17. Mob programming review is a software development approach
    where the whole team works on reviews the same thing, at the same
    time, in the same space, and at the same computer.
    

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18. Informal & public
    

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20. Used only for “specific” topics
    

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21. Pros & cons
    

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22. Pros
    ● Easy to setup
    ● 0€ to setup
    ● Exchanges facilitated, less frustration
    ● Merge faster, less returns
    ● Knowledge is really shared
    ● Focus on what really matters
    ● Share a common technical vision
    ● Responsibility even more shared
    

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23. Cons
    ● Beware to not talk about something else
    ● Can’t put GIF anymore in the PRs :’(
    ● Sometimes hard to find reviewers
    ● Sometimes too much to review
    

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24. Tomorrow?
    

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25. Mob review at
    Questions?
    

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