Jared Wooten

Technical Coach | Extreme Programmer

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I Love to Disagree

March 25, 2020 by Jared Wooten

I have incredible respect for the individuals on my last team, so I became actively excited when the opportunity arose to disagree. I knew my teammates would listen to and try to clarify my ideas, and I would afford them the same dignity. The result of such a debate rarely ended in us agreeing on my or anyone's idea as it was originally presented. The process of clarification and debate would polish each idea until one was clearly the best idea given what we presently knew.

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March 25, 2020 /Jared Wooten
extreme programming, agileteam, respect, diversity, whole team, debate culture, get it right, psychological safety, trust
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Do You Even Pair, Bro?

March 13, 2020 by Jared Wooten

That team was the most high-performing team I’ve ever been on… We saw many other benefits, but the bottom line for the business is that we built valuable software much faster.

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March 13, 2020 /Jared Wooten
pair programming, AgileTeam, continuous improvement, debate culture, extreme programming
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