Adjusting student teams
Moving new people onto teams needs patience. Two people mentioned something the other day, which made me realise I’d not mentioned adjusting student teams. It… Read More »Adjusting student teams
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Teaching team collaboration is challenging
Teaching people that team wins are individual wins is hard. Many kids in the UK grow up belonging to a ‘house’ at their high school.… Read More »Teaching team collaboration is challenging
People are humans. They are not resources.
The other day I surprised myself in a meeting. I had thought I’d found a way to deal with language in a meeting, but suddenly… Read More »People are humans. They are not resources.
Product flow is the goal
Keep the development flowing to see product progress. When developing products there is often a focus by students on the technical aspects, and a neglect… Read More »Product flow is the goal
Skip AI tools and learn for yourself
AI coding assistants reduce your critical thinking. In some ways from what I read AI coding assistants have not come very far. I remember being… Read More »Skip AI tools and learn for yourself
Dogfooding Development Lessons
Checking that I’m walking the walk for the talk I talk. Dogfooding is using your own products to see how well they work. The phrase… Read More »Dogfooding Development Lessons
Aim to build quality into your work
Put the effort in the process, so there is less need for quality control later. Part of the goal with the collaboration rules is to… Read More »Aim to build quality into your work
Teach People to Build Insight Tools
Create tools for windows into your app. When people are building applications there are various ways of getting information about the process, or state of… Read More »Teach People to Build Insight Tools
Humour provides insight
Comics offer truths in recognisable situations. I like gather stories from talking to developers, to use in teaching. This isn’t always possible though. Luckily, other… Read More »Humour provides insight
The team improves with pauses
Use retrospectives to improve how you do the work together. Teams want to keep moving forward with their work. Pausing feels counterintuitive: why stop, even… Read More »The team improves with pauses