#Coaching Tips
- Where to sit
- Back of the room, the focus isn't about you
- main goal
- to get the group to mob
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The 2 big questions
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does it work?
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does it smell?
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engagement
- quiet = bad
- head orientation (should be looking at the tv/projector)
- laptops , smart-phones = bad
- movement = increased focus (make people stand up and rotate around the table)
- across the table = louder
- is the navigator navigating (good) is the driver thinking (bad)?
- rotation time
- more people less time
- new people less time
- between 4 - 10 minutes is absolute method
- talk in questions
- your goal is to bring things out of people not be a navigator
- direct talking
- if you have to introduce something, try to talk to the navigators not the driver
- line numbers
- should be on
- encourage participation
- Positive reinforcement whenever appropriate
- no rat holes, force a decision and go
- no abstract conversations, get to the work
- end while still happy
- 2 hours max
- don't stay late
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frequent check-ins
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what's the smell
- build habit of looking at code and asking if it is ok
- admitting I don't know
- build habit of
- Retrospectives
- ask for observations
- group by similar
- more process when needed
- Lean into process when things are hard/new
- Go light on process once things are manageable
- walk away
- take bathroom break/get water give team time to be without you there (not long 5-10 minutes at a time)
- Small steps
- small steps for code
- don't skip the steps in your thought process