Next Level Teamwork: Pairing And Mobbing - Maaret Pyhäjärvi

19 Oct 2018
  • Locked
Next Level Teamwork: Pairing And Mobbing - Maaret Pyhäjärvi thumbnail
A free account is required to view this content
Talk Description

I know something you don’t know. You know something I don’t know. And I don’t know what you know that I would need to know. This is where individual contributor approach to software development and testing breaks down. Why aren’t we working together, contributing together and learning together? Why do we, often at best, collaborate on the requirements and understanding of what to build, and then step away for implementation, only to come back to test it after?

This talk looks into my experiences in pairing (two people one computer) and mobbing (more than two people one computer), and the wonders of being a non-programming tester whose ideas get translated into code as equal. The journey to get to pairing and mobbing has been a rocky road, with loads of practical tips to offer on how to approach it.

In software development, those who learn the fastest do best. Could pairing and mobbing take us teamwork to the next level by enabling learning between everyone? Lessons specific to skillsets rub in both ways, leaving everyone better off after the experience.

Maaret Pyhäjärvi
Director, Consulting at CGI
She/Her

🇫🇮Tester of products and organizations. Regretful Manager. Exploratory tester, (Polyglot) Programmer, Speaker, Author, Conference Designer.

Sign in to comment
Suggested Content
Explore MoT
MoT Athens image
Fri, 5 Jun
MoT Athens Meetup #18: Summer meetup 2026
Improving Your Testing Through Operability image
Gain the tools you need to become an operability advocate. Making your testing even more awesome along the way!
Into The Motaverse image
Into the MoTaverse is a podcast by Ministry of Testing, hosted by Rosie Sherry, exploring the people, insights, and systems shaping quality in modern software teams.
Subscribe to our newsletter