Paper and Presentation: Improving Code Quality, Velocity, and Team Cohesion with Pair Programming
Abstract: Working in a globally distributed engineering team comes with a unique set of challenges. On the technical side, it is challenging to balance development velocity and code quality. On the team-building side, it is hard to create a sense of camaraderie when people only encounter each other in periodic video-based scrum calls. If either of these challenges sounds familiar, then come join me as I talk about how the Agile practice of pair programming is being applied to improve the overall level of code quality and velocity and to help build relationships on my team. You’ll learn practical tips for adapting pair programming to your team or organization, and gain an understanding of the power of pair programming as I share how my team is benefiting from applying this practice.
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working
Biography: Demethria Ramseur is a PMP-certified project manager and a Certified Scrum Master. She has over 20 years in managing and driving a variety of critical, complex IT projects through to completion. Demethria works as a site reliability engineering Manager at Red Hat. She manages a team of engineers that develop cloud-native technologies and provide operational support for a cloud-native platform. Demethria earned her Ph.D and M.S. in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Auburn University, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Jackson State University.
