As presented at London Web Standards, on Monday 14th November 2011. This talk isn't brain science. Some teams are better than others. Some get more done, some have more bugs. What they all can be though, is better. In this session, Neil Crosby witters on about some of the things that he's done to help create a better functioning team.

1. team++
Making your team work better together
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2. @NeilCrosby
Developer
Lego enthusiast
Baker
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3. <Dark Rum & Diet Coke[
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4. Technical Project Manager
LOVEFiLM
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5. Not EVIL!
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6. Previously?
Lead Developer,
BBC Homepage
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7. TE RR OR
AT T HE
CAS TL E!
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8. THE ZOMBIE THAT
WOULD NOT DIE!
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9. We
wanted
better
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11. This
isn’t rocket science
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12. Continuous Peer Review
http://thecodetrain.co.uk/2011/01/dev-checks/
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13. Before any task is
moved into test,
a developer who
didn’t work on it
must say that they
are happy with how it’s
been completed.
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14. After every task,
Ask questions @NeilCrosby #lwsteam

15. Does anything worry you?
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16. Go back into
development
if necessary
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17. Sometimes people do
things wrong
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18. People die get ill
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19. Peer review helps
the team
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21. Standards
are Good
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22. PHP_CodeSniffer
Documentation K&R braces
Spaces, Consistent
not tabs spacing
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23. Break the Standard?
Break the Build.
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25. Unit Tests
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26. Functional
Tests
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27. Regression Tests
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28. Break the Tests?
Break the Build.
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29. “For every
addition of knowledge
you forget something
that you knew before”
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31. Perform Pair
Programming
(where appropriate)
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32. Enhance Progressively
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33. Don’t work
out of hours
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34. Bring
baked
goods
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35. Socialise
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36. Life is Good
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37. LOVEFiLM is hiring
neil.crosby@lovefilm.com
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38. Any
Questions?
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39. Attribution
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