The Mob Mentality Show

#MobProgramming patterns like strict driver/navigator with a timer works really well for many teams and contexts, but is there a style of mobbing that is more loose but still effective collaboration? Join Chris and Austin as they discuss Freestyle #MobProgramming with Jen Diamond. We also talk about her experiences with mobbing to learn and mobbing for work.

Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/hdzAvcz-_Mo 

Ever seen someone afraid of the implications of #Agility and #MobProgramming for management roles? Or just afraid in general? Its not Halloween yet but there is quite a bit of fear out there. Come join the conversation Chris and Austin have with Thomas Cagley on:

Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/ERG9FgHQJZE 

Is there a form of #AgilePlanning that is leaner than #Sprint planning? What can #AgilePlanning look like for a team doing #MobProgramming? Come hear Chris and Austin share how product planning has worked for the #MobProgramming teams they have been on and how it has been dramatically different from not only waterfall but common #Agile frameworks like #Scrum.

Ever seen a team take some training to only watch them never really try or apply in real work what they learned? Been there yourself? Come join the conversation Chris and Austin have with Camille Bell as she shares about Mob Programming to make training stick, teaching agile technical skills, and team building. She not only shares about what has worked well in her experiences but also what has not worked well. You don't want to miss it! :) 

Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/2UhfeYr62Jc 

After spending multiple years doing full-time in-person mob programming, Sandra Spaeth (https://twitter.com/SandraSpaeth) had to switch to full-time remote mob programming. Now with half a year of remote mobbing under her belt, Sandra reflects on her experiences with Chris and Austin. What are the pros & cons of remote work vs. on-site work? Is one better than the other? With something so high in interpersonal interaction like mob programming, is it even possible for remote to be as good as in-person? Come join the discussion and also pick up some tips, tricks, and experiments to try for the remote life.

Without a command and control leader calling the shots, what are some good ways for teams to make decisions? When people disagree while #MobProgramming, how is the path forward selected? If there is room for improvement in the decisions a team is making, how can you help them improve without making the decisions for them? Chris and Austin discuss these questions and more in this installment of the Mob Mentality Show! 

Chris and Austin have a stimulating discussion with Allen Holub (https://twitter.com/allenholub) hitting a range of topics including Mob Programming in-person vs. remote, Agile vs. Agility, organizational change, and Scrum, SAFE, & certs, oh my! 

Join a fun and insightful conversation that Chris and Austin have with Lisa Crispin on ensemble testing, mob testing, ensemble/mob programming, and agile testing. In addition to sharing success stories, we discuss challenges to collaboration and experiments to run to try to overcome it.

Chris and Austin discuss second order effects in systems thinking and the dramatic impact it has on product development and mob programming. Every person in a system who makes a decision has a desired positive effect. However, what are the side effects of that effect and what are the side effects of the side effects? Are they negative or positive? Experiences and suggestions are shared in regards to the second order effects of "efficient" code reviews, sprints, metrics, estimates, working solo, etc.

Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/AmoeA_Hz5Rg 

Chris and Austin have an engaging discussion on all things Domain Driven Design (DDD) and Mob Programming with Pluralsight author Julie Lerman (https://twitter.com/julielerman). Topics include mob programming DDD, DDD collaboration, and mob programming legacy code.

Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/k59-OS5OqHg