MOB PROGRAMMING

Mob ProgrammingWork better by working together

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Knowledge is power

Mob Programming

Introduction

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• What is Mob Programming?

• The Productivity Question

• Q&A

• Workshop

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Agenda

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Two programmers

• work together…• on the same thing…

• at one workstation…

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Pair Programming

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Pair Programming vs. Solo Programming

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• Quality• Learning• Duration

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Pair Programming vs. Solo Programming

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Pair Programming vs. Solo Programming

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What is Mob programming ?

All the brilliant people working on

• the same thing…

• at the same time…

• In the same space…

• on the same computer…

                    - Woody Zuill -

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From the Front

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Overview

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From the Back

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Overview

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Workspace setup

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Workspace setup

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Workspace setup

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Driver – Navigator Model

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• Writes code and “does not think”.

• Only listens to navigator.

• Asks for help when lost.

• Participates in discussion when not typing.

• Rotates every 15 minutes (optional)

Driver:

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Driver – Navigator Model

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• Formulates the ideas of the team.

• Tells the driver what to do.

• Does not tell short-cuts (unless asked)

Navigator:

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Driver – Navigator Model

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Timer

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• KindnessMob Programming 

Mob programming Rule

• Respect

• Consideration

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How Can Five People At One Computer Be Productive?

The productivity question

Change the questionWhat things destroy productivity?

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Faulty Communications

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Technical debt

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Do more than needed

The productivity question

”You ain’t gonna need it"                                      - Martin Fowler -

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Interruption

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Politics

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Meeting & Management Overhead

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Problems that faded away

The productivity question

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The productivity question

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The productivity question

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• Pair Programming – Kent Back

• Mob programming – Woody Zuill, 2016

• http://www.slideshare.net/pkofler/mob-programming-2016, Peter Kofler

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cy64qkgTyI, Mob Programming Presentation, Woody Zuill

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVqUcNKVbYg, A day of Mob Programming 2016

Reference

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• Switch every 5 minutes

• Driver: Writes code and “does not think”.

• Navigators: express ideas to driver and other navigators.

• Pause stopwatch to discuss.

• Be kind, considerate, respectful.

Mob programming rules

WORKSHOP