Mobbing for the Win

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Claims that small mobs of about five people work best and groups above six get noisy, with a successful three-person pilot; mobbing uses 1 screen 1 keyboard and strict driver/navigator rotation (example hard limit: ~50 minutes). Teams take vertical slices—frontend, middleware, low level—build full-stack increments (example: a button that travels through middleware to hardware and back) and get immediate UX/product owner sign‑off. Emphasis is on shared code, fast end‑to‑end feedback, rapid learning and stronger team cohesion.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:27Introduction
3. 0:44What is mobbing
4. 1:05Why is one screen important
5. 1:27Communication
6. 1:55Roles
7. 2:17Taking Turns
8. 3:58Fast Feedback
9. 4:11Who is the Mob
10. 10:39Why Mob
11. 12:58How to Mob

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