nordevcon talk: xp at unruly

XP @ UNRULY

@rachelcdavies

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

Agile CoacH

ABOUT YOU

“for small to medium sized teams developing software in the face of vague or rapidly changing requirements.”

NOT SCRUM

HOW WE WORK

Iteration, RELEASE WHEN READY

Business TECHNICAL

Needs Options

Business Development

Value

SHARED RESPONSIBILITY

INTERNAL USERS & STAKEHOLDERS SF NY LON HAM OSL STK PAR

WE HAVE NONE OF THESE..

• Project Managers or project plans • Business Analysts or requirements docs • Software architects • Quality Assurance or test plans • Scrum Masters, Product Owners or

Foremen..

END-TO-END FULLSTACK DEVELOPERS

Sit Together, Informative Workspace

Pair PROGRAMMING

•  Code together

•  Problem solving

•  Teach new ways

•  Share knowledge

EMBEDDED PRODUCT MANAGERS

EMBEDDED UX

EMBEDDED support

VISIBLE SUPPORT

DEVELOPERS DRIVE STORY DISCOVERY

STORY TIME

STORY PRIORITISATION

JOINT SPAM

VISUALISING TYPES OF WORK

DOT COUNTING

Gold Cards

•  20% time for research

•  Try out interesting

technology

•  Pitch ideas to business

• Weekly catch ups over

beer and snacks

CONTINUOUS TIMELINE

RETROSPECTIVES

CONSISTENCY BETWEEN TEAMS

BREAKING THE FELLOWSHIP

Quarterly TEAM ROTATION

CROSS-TEAM PAIRING ON INFRASTRUCTURE

BORAT SQUAD

BORAT SQUAD

BORAT BOARD

LEARNING

•  Tech Academy – 12 weeks new starters •  Lighting Talks (every other Thu) •  Lunchtime Coding Dojo (Wed) •  Conference allowance (3days + £) •  Conference Club

TECH ACADEMY

Energized WORK

WE’re HIRING

Thank you!