Speaking up about potential challenges is a normal and important part of our process. When a teammate raises a fire drill, available or relevant teammates participate in the topic thread. Sometimes, we resolve the issue in a few minutes. And other times, we identify a major challenge and take the conversation to the product owner to discuss next steps.
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If you take a cross-section of developers, you’ll find some very mixed opinions about pairing. Some devs hate it. Some devs write blog posts about how great it is. Why is this? Let’s chat about why pair programming is awesome, and what you can do to level up your skills.
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We have daily standups. We tried adding a thing called a daily 4:20. But in the end, we decided to improve our ticket comment writing game. And Aline led the charge on the how and the why.
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You had a successful Sprint Kickoff, but you can’t control everything. When someone is out sick, or some other unforeseen conflict occurs, you might want to say “Oh well, full steam ahead!”
And maybe that’s okay, but Josh says you can do better: for yourself, your team, and your client. It’s time to figure out how to adjust your sprint commitment.
Don’t waste time debugging if you can sleuth out your problem with these starter questions. Go ahead, rubber-duck yourself.
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