Patterns of Effective Teams

Some teams are orders of magnitude more effective than others, turning around business solutions in days or even hours. Their secret is a combination of smart technology choices, great development habits and a powerful team dynamic.

In this talk Dan describes a number of patterns of behaviour that he's identified working with some great teams, beyond the basics of co-location, stand-ups and pair rotation. You'll gain a new appreciation for old techniques like code reviews, and even working in silos won't seem so bad!

Transcript

1. Patterns of Effective Teams Dan North @tastapod
2. But first, a word of caution effective != productive
3. Difficulty Effectiveness
4. Difficulty Effectiveness Dreyfus Squared
5. Dreyfus Squared Novice: needs rules Advanced Beginner: tests rules Competent: applies rules Proficient: falls back on rules Expert: transcends rules
6. Dreyfus Squared Novice Advanced Beginner Competent Proficient Expert Novice Advanced Beginner Competent Proficient Expert ?
7. Difficulty Effectiveness Dreyfus Squared
8. Difficulty Effectiveness Dreyfus Squared Shallow Silos
9. Difficulty Effectiveness Dreyfus Squared Shallow Silos Near and Far
10. Difficulty Effectiveness Dreyfus Squared Shallow Silos Near and Far Warm Welcome
11. Difficulty Effectiveness Dreyfus Squared Shallow Silos Seize the Day Near and Far Warm Welcome
12. Difficulty Effectiveness Dreyfus Squared Code Critique Shallow Silos Seize the Day Near and Far Warm Welcome
13. Difficulty Effectiveness Dreyfus Squared Code Critique Shallow Silos Seize the Day Near and Far Warm Welcome Hack Day
14. Difficulty Effectiveness Dreyfus Squared Embracing Uncertainty Fits In My Head Short Software Half-Life Strangler Vine Deliberate Planning Deliberate Discovery Clear the Decks Hair Trigger Testing Corners Burn the Ships Ginger Cake Code Critique Blink Estimation Border Guard Lighting the Forest Risk Planes Dancing Skeleton Spike and Stabilise Three Ages Walk a Mile Shallow Silos Seize the Day Analysis Dialysis Captain’s Log Estimation Inversion Light Saber Socratic Testing TDD Show and Tell Near and Far Warm Welcome Hack Day Reset the Board
15. How can your team be more effective?
16. Thanks for listening @tastapod https:/ /dannorth.net dan@dannorth.net