1. Haciendo realidad la agilidad
Pair Programming Strategies
© flioukas
Erling Wegger Linde
ThoughtWorks

2. Erling Wegger Linde
Agile Developer at ThoughtWorks (London, UK)
http://erlingwl.wordpress.com
@erlingwl
Slide Deck License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

3. Who are you?
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4. Workshop Agenda
• Introduction
• Open Space discussions
• Present/gather results

5. Open Space Cheat
Sheet
• Suggest topics
• Vote on topics
• Group discussions
• Leave group and join another one if you
• Are not learning
• Are not contributing
• Share

6. The ideal
• Everyone pairing
• Rotation every day

7. Disturbing Forces

8. Short term goals
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9. Hostile Environment

10. Personal preferences &
Comfort Zones

11. Project boundaries
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12. Static Roles
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13. Enablement
vs.
Knowledge Transfer

14. “Pair Programming
Strategies”
When disturbing forces lures us
to divert from the ideal

15. Pair Up the “Best”

16. Pair With Your Best
Friend Only

17. Decrease Rotation
Frequency

18. Create Knowledge
Silos

19. Leave Someone Alone

20. Pair Under The Radar

21. • Is it acceptable to divert from the ideal?
• Have you used similar or other “strategies”?
• How can we better mitigate the disturbing forces?

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Open Space
Results will be published on:
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