Part-time agile means shaping work well too
Make it easy to pick up, and do work when time is available. When I was an exchange student in (West) Germany at a high… Read More »Part-time agile means shaping work well too
Guide student teams on part-time agile
Making agile work when it’s not full-time means attending to your schedule A student brought me up short the other week, and his question has… Read More »Guide student teams on part-time agile
Convince students to pair and mob in their teams
The work is easier when shared with others than done on your own. I find it frustrating when you can see a team could be… Read More »Convince students to pair and mob in their teams
Teams should consider collaboration phases in their work
Always be collaborating and consider how this impacts your work When I started thinking about team collaboration more I realised that teams need to do… Read More »Teams should consider collaboration phases in their work
Organise meetings to suit your development cadence
Meet when you need to do the work and make the decisions that lead to the work Student teams seem to think the work will… Read More »Organise meetings to suit your development cadence
‘The next risky item’ should apply to the team too
Spread knowledge within the team to raise your bus quotient When the team starts to develop their new application together many things might be new… Read More »‘The next risky item’ should apply to the team too
Front-end and back-end sub-teams are a bad idea
Align people on features instead of front and back end work. Whoever devised the terms ‘front-end’ and ‘back-end’, as well as ‘full-stack developer’ has a… Read More »Front-end and back-end sub-teams are a bad idea
Teach students to unlearn independent work to be better collaborators
Together is the way in team collaboration. I was having a virtual coffee yesterday when the other person said something which resonated with me. He… Read More »Teach students to unlearn independent work to be better collaborators
Swap roles to provide diversity in perspectives on the work
Diversity in our tasks aids the work of the team I’ve recently been hearing students tell their team members that they want to do something… Read More »Swap roles to provide diversity in perspectives on the work
Teach students that thin slices are best
Thin slices speed up learning, and are less challenging Thin slices have so many good aspects to them when building applications. You are focusing on… Read More »Teach students that thin slices are best
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