The Mob Mentality Show

Chris and Austin celebrate the one year anniversary of The Mob Mentality Show with Woody Zuill (https://twitter.com/WoodyZuill) and discuss the essence of Mob Programming. Some including Austin have been confused about what people mean exactly when they say "Mob Programming?" Is it a set of practices? A set of values/principles? Something deeper? Something simpler? All of the above? Come join the discussion to find out!

Chris and Austin discuss "Facilitating Effective Remote Meetings" with Lynn Langit (https://twitter.com/lynnlangit), Paul Tevis (https://twitter.com/vigemus), Jason Kerney (https://twitter.com/JasonKerney), and Woody Zuill (https://twitter.com/WoodyZuill) using a lean coffee format (https://trello.com/c/zPLZ3YFq/128-lean-coffee). Topics in the lean coffee include "Ada roles," "why have meetings," "what is wrong with having meetings,"  "3 goal agenda," and "the importance of side conversations."

Chris and Austin discuss some etiquette for remote mob programming including expedition behavior, handling accidents, and virtues (e.g. kindness, sense of humor).

Chris and Austin discuss with Zachary Wallace (https://twitter.com/epipenposse) on how agile led him to experiment and on part-time vs. full-time mob programming (e.g. does full-time mobbing fall into the trap of "Herd Mentality"?).

Chris and Austin share about tools that have been helpful in their transition to full-time remote mob programming. 

Chris discusses with Fred Zuill (https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredzuill/) and Kelly Gaines (https://twitter.com/runkellyg) about their continuous retro experiment that was ran in their mob. A real-life turn-up-the-good bell curve. And the winning "good" is... ??? (Spoiler: everyone-needed-is-there)

Chris and Austin discuss various topics with Greg Eisenberg (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregoryeisenberg/) including mob programming and traditional job titles, mob testing, teams who selectively mob, mobbing pairing, and mob leadership. 

Chris and Austin discuss how to help teams progress well through Tuckman's stages of group development: “Forming, Storming, Norming, & Performing.”

Chris and Austin discuss the Virtuous Loop: how Dedicated Learning Time and Retrospectives have worked together to turn up the good and create product development joy for them.

Chris and Austin discuss with Jason Kerney (https://twitter.com/JasonKerney) about prosperous metrics, onboarding new team members, and psychological safety.