MOBBING.md

Mobbing

What Is A Mobbing Session?

A mobbing session, also known as mobbing or a mob, is a collaborative software and content development technique where a team works together on a single task. During mobbing, we focus our efforts on one project with clear objectives.

Mobbing sessions improve artifact quality, reduce defects, speed up knowledge transfer, increase team collaboration and learning, and foster shared ownership and responsibility among team members.

How Does A Team Conduct A Mobbing Session?

flowchart TB
	Team -- Designates Driver & Navigator --> Driver
	Driver -- Establishes Objective --> Navigator
	Navigator -- Proposes Solution --> Gallery
	Gallery -- Sets a Timer --> Timer
  Gallery -- Collaborates --> Team
  Timer -- Team Rotates --> Team 

1. Establish concise short-term objectives to tackle
2. Introduce each voluntary role
   1. Driver — A person who types and shares their screen
      • Consider having a co-driver to clean up grammar and typos
   2. Navigator — A person who proposes solutions to the problem
   3. Gallery -— People who observe, suggest, add TODOs and research
3. Designate the first Driver and Navigator
4. Gallery sets a timer
   • Try this with a Google timer (~15 min)
5. Gallery rotates at the timer’s end
6. Driver joins the Gallery
   1. Navigator becomes the Driver
   2. A Gallery member becomes the Navigator
7. Reset the timer and repeat