Jared Wooten

Technical Coach | Extreme Programmer

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Connecting to People in a Remote World

February 01, 2022 by Jared Wooten

In a technical coaching context, modeling effective communication is my primary tactic. I try to model asking more than telling, asking only one question, saying more with fewer words, keeping my camera on, and not apologizing when my dogs invade my camera (I instead introduce them). Teams also benefit from learning to explicitly integrate “play” time, doing small entertaining activities and games together.

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February 01, 2022 /Jared Wooten
communication, agileteam, games, remotework, pair programming, nonviolent communication
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Three XP Practices Your Team Already Does

April 28, 2021 by Jared Wooten

If you have heard of XP, you probably think of Test-Driven Development and Pair Programming, two of the most challenging XP practices both in ideology and in execution. You may not know it, but even if you have never even attempted these two contentious practices, your software team is probably already doing several of the other practices. Here are the top three I suspect you are already doing.

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April 28, 2021 /Jared Wooten
extreme programming, continuous integration, informative workspace, user stories, scrum, test-driven development, pair programming, whole team, weekly cycle, quarterly cycle, agileteam
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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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