Room
Room F1+F2+F3 - Plenary
Audience
Relevant for everyone (with a sense of humour)
Key-Learning
- The concept of “flow” and how hurtful context switching is to it
- Collaboration requires managing the other person’s (and your own) mental load
- There are different times and places for when to critique and when to encourage
- A complete picture consists of many different colors (perspectives) - without one, the picture is incomplete
*A tester and a developer enter the stage. The tester stomps towards the developer.*
Tester: Everything is broken! I can’t create new users! As soon as I use emojis it crashes!
Developer: Wait what? Why would … A user would never do that. That’s a wild edge case.
*Sudden dramatic music plays. Tester takes a step backwards and gasps. She turns to the audience with a dramatic gesture*
Tester: Why is he always shrugging me off when I raise a problem? Am I stupid? Does he think I am? I feel like such a failure.
*Developer silently watches the tester for a few seconds. He turns to the audience, sighing dramatically with a sad look on his face*
Developer: Why does she keep bringing up these theoretical risks? Can’t she see that I’m focused on solving another problem right now? All of these sudden switches keep breaking my flow.
*Tester and developer stand in silence, facing the audience. Soft music starts playing.*
Narrator: Will our heroes find common ground or will their differences prove too much of a divide? Are emotions running too high for them to see that they share the same goal? They are standing so close, but are worlds apart. Oh woe is us! Only a miracle can save us now.