

The Smallest Batch is a Pair - Dragan Stepanović Part II
5 snips Mar 9, 2022
Dragan Stepanović, an expert in agile methodologies and psychological safety, returns to discuss the value of small batches in team dynamics. He explains how smaller batch sizes can enhance trust and collaboration and reduce anxiety within teams. Dragan explores innovative practices like pairing and mob programming, emphasizing the benefits of role-switching. He also highlights how small batches improve feedback loops and team collaboration, and how they help manage complex adaptive systems more effectively.
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Reduce Cadence for Safety
- Reduce the cadence of role switching in mob programming to build psychological safety.
- Frequent switching helps distribute pressure and builds trust faster.
Batch Size in Software Teams
- Batch size represents the amount of work transferred between stages, like design to development or development to QA.
- Reducing pull request size to single lines reviewed live effectively becomes co-creation.
Small Batches & Feedback
- Smaller batch sizes enable faster feedback and course correction, crucial in complex systems.
- This allows quicker validation of work and adjustment as needed.