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@rachelcdavies @unrulymedia  

Unruly Founded in 2006, Unruly is the leading global platform for social video marketing.

Agile Coach @Unruly

“XP  is  a  lightweight  methodology  for  small  to  medium  sized  teams  developing  so9ware  in  the  face  of  vague  or  rapidly  changing  requirements.”    

XP Practice Map

Unruly  Media our dev area:

ProdUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAMS x 3

Prod Mgr

Sw Eng

Infra

UX

Coach

Pair PROGRAMMING

•  Code together

•  Discuss

•  Share keyboard

•  Problem solving

•  Learn new things

•  Teach new ways

•  Share knowledge

RELEASE WHEN READY

3 July Hello, We finished testing automatic Vine video discovery in the Viral Video Chart. Vines are now being automatically collected by the VVC and then tracked in a similar way to YouTube videos. Currently there are over 51k vines in the VVC. We are still working on having a dedicated chart in the VVC for Vines, but Vine will enter the /all chart automatically if they have enough shares. Here is a list of the top vines currently trending, (we hope you like Harry Styles):

STORYOWNERS ACROSS UNRULY

LonE RANGER

SHARED VIEW

STORY PRIORITISATION

STORY PRIORITISATION

CONSISTENCY BETWEEN TEAMS

VISUALISING TYPES OF WORK

DOT COUNTING

BREAKING THE FELLOWSHIP

EMBEDDED PRODUCT MANAGERS

EMBEDDED UX

CROSS-TEAM PAIRING ON INFRASTRUCTURE

BORAT SQUAD

BORAT SQUAD

BORAT BOARD

EMBEDDED COACH

COACHING TEAM & LEADS

•  1:1 coaching sessions •  Mentoring / Guidance •  Agile Coaching Skills •  Observing / Feedback

TEAM ROTATION

RETROSPECTIVES

EMERGING PRACTICE

Gold Cards

•  20% time for research

•  Play with interesting technology

• Work on what you want

• Open source if the business approves

• Weekly catch ups over beer and nibbles

LEARNING

•  Tech Academy (Weds/Fri lunchtime) •  Gold Card Huddle (end Fri) •  Lighting Talks (every other Thu) •  Lunchtime Code Dojo (Wed) •  Conference allowance (3days + £)

TECH ACADEMY GRADUATION

Team Lunches

• Once a month

• Mandatory Desert

ENERGisED WORK

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