This Agile Life

Episode 29: Yesterday Me was an Idiot (Pair Switching)

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Recorded Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Hosts: John Sextro, Amos King, and Craig Buchek

Pair Switching
  • Pairing, in general
  • How to pair switch
    • Using a “Pair-a-mid” to track pairings
    • How to rotate pairs


    • Length of pair sessions

      • 1 week, 2 day, 1 day, half-day, 2 hours, 1 hour, 15 mins
      • Benefits of short pairing sessions
      • Pitfalls of long pairing sessions


      • When to switch

        • What should trigger a pair switch
        • Time, using a timer
        • Story completion


        • Concerns about context switches

        • Insights on the C2Wiki

          • Picks of the Show

          Craig (@CraigBuchek)

          • WireWorld
          • Monoprice.com

            • Amos (@adkron)

            • Arduino projects
            • Geek Desk, Amos is anticipating the arrival of his new desk

              • John (@jcsextro)

              • Bitcoin
              • 7 Habits of Highly Effective Pair Programmers, published article, by Me
              • The Hour of Code 2013



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