My talk at Ncrats Conference'15

1. Full-Time Pair-Programming
Houssam Fakih
1
N-Crafts 2015

4. Solène Emilio Houssam
Boris Olivier Mathieu
Francis
Romain
PM
PM
RED TEAM
Alexandre
PM

5. Pair-Programming

6. Pair-Programming
FULL-TIME

7. DeadLift
Powerlifting
Personal Records
DL Single Women
140 KG
120 KG
110 KG
DL Single Men
team of 3 persons

8. DeadLift Partner
120 KG
DL Partner
DL Partner Team
DL Partner Balancing Weight/Height
Pairing: two persons on the bar - team of 3
Pairing: one person changes every 5 reps

9. Harder with partner than solo
especially at the start
More Coordination
More Communication
size difference

10. Same Issues for
Pair-Programming
A must : Master the basics
More qualities are needed

11. Coordination
Shared Plan
Focus
Goals
Speed

12. Accuracy
Doing it right
over and over again
Fast is fine but
Accuracy is everything
(greek philosopher/warrior Xenophon)
Lack of technique

13. Stamina
Concentration even
with Fatigue
To Not Quit
Pairing all the day is a tiring task

14. Flexibility
Accept to experiment
your pair’s ideas
Accept to learn
Accept to change
make sure your pair
is actively involved

15. Balance
Work on all tasks
Rolling
Be polyvalent
Swap Roles

16. Save Your Time
pair-switching
keyboard-switching
Avoid dead-time
context-switching

17. the more you Pair-Programming
“programming out loud”
the more you tolerate
the sound, the noise around
the more you talk
Warning: the more you disturb
solo workers around you

18. the more you pair-programming
the less “You Are Asocial”
oredev’15 - the myth of the asocial developer

20. Problems are identified quickly
Average blocking time:
10-15 minutes
Easily ask others for help

21. Focus on the task :
No Mails, No Tweets

22. The code belongs to
ALL THE TEAM

23. share knowledge
see how others develop
master your tools
learn new techniques

24. Coach your pair and
accept to be coached
Conquer the weak points
of the team
always with concrete examples

25. by Xebia Essentials Cards

26. Anticipate problems
No interactions
No feedbacks

27. Heterogeneous
Different Backgrounds
Different Experience
Seniority
Junior/Expert

28. New comers
Be patient
Learn
TeachShare
hiring
new look
integration
develop since the first day

29. Computers
Same configuration
everywhere
Same Tools
everywhere

30. keyboard
No matter who
have the
but you should swap roles
every few minutes

31. TDD Mantra
Red/Green/Refactor

33. Conquer Your
Weak Points
Excel
shortcuts IDE

34. Challenge
Yourself
timebox tasks
Don’t use mouse

35. Routine is your enemy

36. My feedback
Pair-Programming is a teamwork

37. TEAM
Everyone has
weak points
Everyone has
strong points
Goals of
the team
Goals of
everyone

39. zone de confort

40. Efficiency
Measure you swap time

41. Beyond
Pair-Programming

42. Cross-Programming

43. Remote
Pair-Programming

44. Mob-Programming

45. neXt
I join yellow team next week

46. by Nike