Expedite work with motorcade method
Set all the lights to green for a smooth team collaboration. A friend, Clarke Ching, helps software teams deliver work more smoothly. He uses the… Read More »Expedite work with motorcade method
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Use the collaboration rules with your students
Enhance your students’ collaboration skills Pick your textbook, and other teaching materials, and then layer in the collaboration rules to level up the team skills.… Read More »Use the collaboration rules with your students
Start early. It always takes longer. Always.
Start now. You can take it easy later. I was working on a the later stages of a bigger project. We knew that some steps… Read More »Start early. It always takes longer. Always.
Go beyond the textbook
Textbooks are not collaborative enough. A good textbook in my view is one with lots of useful information laid out in an accessible manner. It… Read More »Go beyond the textbook
Get the app in people’s hands
Until people use your work it’s just fluff. I’m busy trying to get an app into people’s hands for testing. It’s so close, and so… Read More »Get the app in people’s hands
Pair to improve flow
Work together on the same task improves development I worked the last week with another developer on a project after some funding was approved. We… Read More »Pair to improve flow
Aim for evolvable
Make your work easy to change. Teach your people to make it easy to make changes to their work. They will not be able to… Read More »Aim for evolvable
Some manual testing is necessary
Automate repeats and explore options manually. I went too far in the last post on automated testing. I was in a hurry to get it… Read More »Some manual testing is necessary
Solo work is slow work
Learn to collaborate instead of delegate for effective team work Students do lots and lots of solo work at university. This is to be expected.… Read More »Solo work is slow work
GitFlow is not the solution, use trunk-based development instead
Teaching people to use pull requests for development is a disservice. GitFlow is used by many in industry, and because of this is taught in… Read More »GitFlow is not the solution, use trunk-based development instead