Experience mob-programming and TDD to develop a simple game – even as non-developer
How can we contribute to improving the delivery of valuable software?
Not everyone working in IT has deep experience as a software developer. And not every developer has had the opportunity to experience a fast-paced development process using effective TDD in a mobbing session.
- > still, we're expected to deliver ever more complex solutions in ever more connected systems.
This session allows you to deeply experience the development process without needing development skills. We'll be working in a tool that everyone in IT knows: a spreadsheet :)
After a short intro we'll create a complex formula in an iterative way, including the tests to guarantee that each step we take is a reliable one. You'll be able to actively participate in the mob. Or witness the interactions via the fishbowl format.
As a manager or team-member using excel, you might learn a thing or 2 about formulas. And as a developer, you might learn a thing or 2 about TDD and mobbing. But you'll also notice that each member of the mob has specific knowledge that the others can learn from you.
After this session you have gained insight in how to further professionalize a software development team. Both as team member (coding or non-coding) and as leader (Product Owner, Scrum Master, Manager, (Agile) coach, ...).
Maximum number of participants: 40
Target Audience: Leaders, Coaches, Analysis, Testers and Developers
Prerequisites: None
Level: Basic
Olivier Costa is a Belgian IT leadership & Technical Excellence coach and a true pioneer in agile, with over 20 years of experience, both as coach and teacher and as a software developer. His first talk on an agile conference was in 2005 at XP Days, after which he helped organize this conference until 2017. ‘To teach is to learn’ is what his aikido teacher kept telling, so he created numerous workshops and presentations as part of his work and at meetups and conferences.
Edwin Burgers started his career as a software developer in the Netherlands at the Dutch Railways. After shifting to leadership roles, he moved to agile coaching in 2009. Since then he helps teams and organization to apply agile principles and practices to increase their effectiveness, both in governance and (international) commercial organizations.
