Mob Programming by Woody Zuill https://twitter.com/WoodyZuill Presented at the Agile 2013 Conference

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Mob Programming
A Whole Team Approach
Twitter: @WoodyZuill
Illustration © 2012 - Andrea Zuill
mobprogramming.org

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A Story To Tell...
about the most important thing
Illustration © 2012 - Andrea Zuill

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Mob Programming
Just like a real mob.
on the same computer...
in the same space...
at the same time...
the same thing...
All the brilliant minds working on

4. This is what it looks like from the front

5. What it looks like from the back.

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A Day in the Life...
http://bit.ly/MobProgrammingVideo

7. Something We Believe
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The object isn’t to make great
solutions, it’s to be in that
wonderful state which makes
great solutions inevitable
Robert Henri, paraphrased
Pronounced Robert Hen-ri
He was an great artist, teacher, and author

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Why would we work this way?

9. 9
How can we work this way?

10. 10
Driver/Navigator
DriverNavigator
Navigator Navigator
Navigator

11. Rotate
Every 15 minutes
Navigators
Driver
Navigators
Driver/Navigator

12. How can we be productive
with 5 people at one computer?
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Productivity
+ =+ + +
=

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Productivity Destroyers
Communication Problems
Decision Making Problems
Doing more than barely sufficient
Thrashing
Politics
Many, many others

14. 14
Meetings

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Continuous Learning
Illustration © 2012 - Andrea Zuill

16. 16
Exposed!
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17. Let’s take
care of
ourselves
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Ergonomics, Health,
and Sanity
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18. A few ideas
you can try
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Try it
yourself
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19. 19
How we “discovered”
Mob Programming
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If you adopt only one practice
Let it be RETROSPECTIVES
Illustration © 2012 - Andrea Zuill
If You Adopt
But One Practice,
Let It Be
Retrospectives!!!

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Do we recommend
Mob Programming?

22. You shall not pass!… until I
move over for you – sorry for
the inconvenience.
@WoodyZuill
mobprogramming.org
Any Questions?, and Meet
the Mob
Illustration © 2013 - Andrea Zuill