The Mob Mentality Show

Q & A on High Quality, High Release Frequency, and High Psychological Safety

For software, what things lead to excellence and continuous delivery?For teams, what is conducive to innovation? To people speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, mistakes, and taking interpersonal risk?
Come join Chris Lucian and Austin Chadwick at this Q&A session on "High Quality, High Release Frequency, High Psychological Safety" as they share from a #MobProgramming perspective. Stemming from that foundation, then Chris and Austin pivot to these specific questions from the audience at the Talabat event:- How to keep mob programming effective remotely?- How can a manager know who to promote in a mob programming environment?- How to ensemble when there are schedule conflicts?- Can you hire for mob/ensemble programmers?- How to mob with people who do not want to mob all the time?- How can mobbing be efficient? Don't I have better things to do with my time?- How can a group of Android, iOS, and back-end developers cross-train? Is it worth the time investment?- How to prioritize what to work on next when ensembling?- How to handle complex dependencies between teams? Skill dependencies? Tech dependencies?
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/gNA7cd1LQHU 

Dojos and Coaching for Learning Beyond Facilitation with Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart

What would happen if your team kept working on its current production tasks, but switched the top priority to learning while doing so?What if this flip would not only include learning facilitation excellence but also would include coaching, technical, and product excellence as well?What would the short term impact be? What effects would be seen in the mid to long term?
Join Chris and Austin as they have a fantastic discussion with Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart on "Dojos and Coaching for Learning Beyond Facilitation." After Joel and Doin describe these immersive learning environments in production, they dive into how remote dojos have led to more ensemble programming. Then, for both sports and tech, they cover the many facets of coaching side-by-side and in-context. Lastly, they explore what a post-"Agile" world looks like for them.  
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/BCg-_7axWVU 

Overcoming the Groan Zone, Bad Habits, and Entropy with Mark Pearl

Ever been in an org or team where it feels like entropy reigns supreme?After some improvements, have you seen things gradually decline back into disorder and old habits?
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss "Overcoming the Groan Zone, Bad Habits, and Entropy" with Mark Pearl. First, we hear Mark's ensemble journey with tech tourism, and then we talk about tools for getting past the groan zone in a new mob. Next, we brainstorm on how to handle reverting to old habits and entropy. This leads into a conversation on tactics for leadership and facilitation tools for collective decision making.
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/-Jl4iq30uFk 

Reflection & Refactoring Rhythm with Giorgio Sironi and Kevin Rutherford

What is the reflection rhythm on your team?How about your team's refactoring rhythm?How do the two interplay?
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss "Reflection & Refactoring Rhythm" with Giorgio Sironi and Kevin Rutherford. After Giorgio and Keven share about the retro cadence in their ensembles and their reflection prompts, we jump into "tracer bullets" on all the things. Lastly, we discuss the "when to refactor Spidey Sense" and "Test Driven Bulldozing." 
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/6i8Jcvo-4BE  

Stop Suffering with Training: Use Learning Ensembles with Ted M. Young

Ever suffered through a traditional training session? What about it made it painful?On the other hand, ever came out a learning session refreshed and ready to apply new skills? What was the game changer that really elevated the session?
Join Chris and Austin as they have a great time with Ted M. Young discussing traditional training vs. learning ensembles. Ted shares his journey through many different styles of training including his recent remote discoveries leading to learning with faster feedback and better results. Then they jump into the world of Hexagonal Architecture and Outside-In TDD. They discuss tips and tricks on not only how to teach these things but also to apply them in real production code in smaller steps.
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/edwXPr5Nrno  

Task Force Driven Development with Steve Bishop

When have you seen teams be the most effective? Standing teams? Or, just-in-time teams?Instead of forming long-lived teams around a product, a domain, or a component, what would it look like for a team to self-organize around a thin-sliced full-stack task?
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss the innovative practice of "Task Force Driven Development" (TFDD) with Steve Bishop. Come hear what happens when concepts from lean software development, domain driven design, and the mythical man month integrate in dynamic reteaming. Next, they explore the synergy of TFDD with Mob Programming and share several observations after coaching many mobs.
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/7vRkiGatUNI  

Clear & Simple with Dustin Thostenson

Is laziness in software development good or bad?How about a lack of focus? When is it good for a system to favor short attention spans? When is it not so good?
Join Chris and Austin as they have a lively discussion with Dustin Thostenson on the topic of "Clear & Simple." They first dive into learning by doing, katas, understanding others, and being understood. Then they not only explore the paradoxes involved in laziness and focus but also share about how those things tie into improving interpersonal skills via mob programming.
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/izcEefyTZVw 

What Goes on in Dedicated Learning Time?

Heard of dedicated learning time but never experienced it yourself?Curious what people actually do during this mystical time?
Join Chris and Austin as they share about what goes on in dedicated learning time. They not only give examples of some activities they have seen (e.g., solo vs. group learning), but they also share what they are doing in dedicated learning time right now. Topics also covered include learning how to learn and the interplay between production work and dedicated learning time. 
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/bFwVytv-Iik 

Collective Product Ownership

If silos are problematic for technical knowledge, are they also problematic for product knowledge?Should product experimentation, decisions, and prioritization be owned by the "single wringable neck"? Or can it be owned by a team?
Join Chris and Austin as they share about "Collective Product Ownership." After they discuss the distinction between a siloed feature factory and a shared feature discovery shop, Austin shares a collective product ownership mob case study on an IoT cloud innovation. Come see how group customer interaction, group visioning, group diagramming, and group product experimentation is not only possible but also can be fun and effective.
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/lD-4CpPGg5Q 

The Joy of Continuous Delivery with Dave Farley

"Production Deployments" …does this phrase strike fear into your soul? Or Joy? Stress or Peace? What things are conducive to dreadful delivery? What things are conducive to delightful delivery?
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss "The Joy of Continuous Delivery" with Dave Farley. Dave not only shares about the Zen of Continuous Delivery (CD) but also shares about barriers to CD, TDD/BDD & CD, small steps, and CD coaching. They also discuss Modern Software Engineering (in a hyper-agile context) and the ROI of learning organizations.
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/mjoBw1utFAY