Episode 38: Diverse Agile Teams with Marlena Compton, Betsy Haibel, and Jennifer Tu

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English - May 23, 2018 15:00 - 47 minutes - 41.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
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Diverse Agile Teams with Marlena Compton, Betsy Haibel, and Jennifer Tu
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Guests
Marlena Compton (https://twitter.com/marlenac): Organizer of PearConf (https://pearconf.splashthat.com/).
Betsy Haibel (https://twitter.com/betsythemuffin): CTO at Cohere (https://www.wecohere.com/).
Jennifer Tu (https://twitter.com/jtu): Co-Founder at Cohere (https://www.wecohere.com/).
Summary
How do common Agile practices like pair programming and retrospectives work when you have diverse teams? How can you make sure that underrepresented team members have their voices heard, and how does doing so improve the way that your team delivers software? Besty Haibel, Jennifer Tu, and Marlena Compton discuss ways in which Agile practices can better serve your team in the real world. For more discussion, be sure to check out PearConf (https://pearconf.splashthat.com/).
Notes
02:05 - Pairing and Agile Development on Diverse Teams
Betsy on Twitter (https://twitter.com/betsythemuffin/status/990568867683500034)
04:31 - Implicit Agreement, Teaching Vs Exploring, and Power Differentials in Pairing
Ruby DCamp (http://rubydcamp.org)
Code Retreat (https://www.coderetreat.org)
Allison McMillan (https://twitter.com/allie_p)
08:52 - Understanding and Improving Team Dynamics: Building a Library of Smells
Pairing With Privilege (https://pearconf.splashthat.com)
Ping Pong Pairing (http://wiki.c2.com/?PairProgrammingPingPongPattern)
Troll Pairing
Table XI Pair-A-Palooza Station (https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/e/e2f17a1d-4992-4c1c-b414-0780dcd58bc3/SAElUnop.jpg)
17:57 - Good Agile Pair Programming Techniques + Retrospective Roles
Running your unconference discussions effectively: AdaCamp session role cards (https://adainitiative.org/2013/10/02/running-your-unconference-discussions-effectively-adacamp-session-role-cards/)
22:14 - Making People Comfortable When Speaking Up and Making Agile Healthier
Dot-Voting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-voting)
32:30 - Agile As An Institution
Agile Manifesto (http://agilemanifesto.org)
38:34 - Backing Away From The Idea of Perfection
42:42 - PearConf (https://pearconf.splashthat.com/) Details
43:55 - Bonus Conversation: The Practices Not Being the Manifesto
The Winter Getaway That Turned The Software World Upside down by
Caroline Mimbs Nyce (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/12/agile-manifesto-a-history/547715/)
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Diverse Agile Teams with Marlena Compton, Betsy Haibel, and Jennifer Tu

TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [email protected].

Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques!

Guests

Marlena Compton: Organizer of PearConf.
Betsy Haibel: CTO at Cohere.
Jennifer Tu: Co-Founder at Cohere.

Summary

How do common Agile practices like pair programming and retrospectives work when you have diverse teams? How can you make sure that underrepresented team members have their voices heard, and how does doing so improve the way that your team delivers software? Besty Haibel, Jennifer Tu, and Marlena Compton discuss ways in which Agile practices can better serve your team in the real world. For more discussion, be sure to check out PearConf.

Notes

02:05 - Pairing and Agile Development on Diverse Teams

Betsy on Twitter

04:31 - Implicit Agreement, Teaching Vs Exploring, and Power Differentials in Pairing

Ruby DCamp
Code Retreat
Allison McMillan

08:52 - Understanding and Improving Team Dynamics: Building a Library of Smells

Pairing With Privilege
Ping Pong Pairing
Troll Pairing
Table XI Pair-A-Palooza Station

17:57 - Good Agile Pair Programming Techniques + Retrospective Roles

Running your unconference discussions effectively: AdaCamp session role cards

22:14 - Making People Comfortable When Speaking Up and Making Agile Healthier

Dot-Voting

32:30 - Agile As An Institution