Programming with the mob

There is a team in San Diego that started coding together with all the team members working on one computer. It sounds a bit crazy. So why did they do this? It grew out of the desire to maximize learning, sharing knowledge and innovation; That and a lot of experimentation.

Management didn’t care about the chosen approach; the only thing that counted were the results and those looked good. The team got more work done with fewer bugs in production by writing solid code. They coined it Mob Programming.

After reading this article you will know the foundational ideas behind the concept, its advantages and how to get started to make this work. We think it is a valuable addition to adopting a DevOps culture and way of working.

This article was initially published in XPRT. #6, a magazine about reinventing collaboration.

XPRT. Magazine #6 - Reinventing Collaboration

Sharing what you know is the absolute core of working together.
And you can learn to do it even better!

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Article by Jesse Houwing& Martijn van der Sijde

Sharing what you know is the absolute core of working together. And you can learn to do it even better!

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Programming
with the mob

Article by Jesse Houwing
& Martijn van der Sijde

Sharing what you know is the absolute core of working together.
And you can learn to do it even better!