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Gail OllisBournemouth University

U.K.

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Why did they do THAT?!

Gail OllisBournemouth University

U.K.

Helping developers to help each other

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2. Workshops

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Interviews

Neutral

Bad. Slight impact

Good. Slight impact

Good. Noticeable impact

Bad. Noticeable impact

Automates tasks

Includes symptoms

& how to reproduce

in bug reports

Fixes symptoms

without discovering

root cause of bug

Is good at helping

others

Is willing to discuss

suggestions about

their code

Espouses “one true

way”

Tends to “own”

code

Tends to work in

isolation

“I saw him create a legacy system

in 3 weeks”

Is willing to ask questions

Chooses identifiers which are not succinct, meaningful & distinct

“Vegetables”“Wibble”“Spock”

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Feedback

Recommend 96%

“Stimulates interesting discussions within the team, not usually/traditionally talked about.”

“Often talk is focused on just the work to be done and not how to go about it”

Reuse 93%

“As a team we have no rituals which attempt to improve consistency”

Other uses • Other teams• Appraisal• Recruitment

“Could help get insights into how interviewee would fit with team working”

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“What I believe this technique offers that I had certainly not considered before is choice”

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“We’re not thinking in these ways!”

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