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Training Your Successful Team

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  • I run WPSessions.com
  • Developing since 1998
  • Leading dev teams since 2011
  • Training and educating since 2013
  • Worked for clients like Cornell, Microsoft, TIME, Disney, YMCA, etc.
  • I love sandwiches.

Wait. Who is Brian Richards?

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Now...

10 platitudes for training successful teams.

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Get on the same page.

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Document

your processes.

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Think Critically.

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Don’t just build a thing.

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Learn as much as possible about the problem first. Then, solve it in a way that reduces complexity & minimizes risk.

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Adopt similar tooling.

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Plan for Exploration

& Experimentation.

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Enforce coding standards.

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Focus on

syntax & style.

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Skip the

Framework du Jour.

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Divide

Responsibilities.

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Practice Adaptability.

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Make learning a habit.

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@rzen’s 10 11 platitudes for

training successful teams:

  1. Get on the same page.
  2. Document your processes.
  3. Think critically.
  4. Adopt similar tooling.
  5. Plan for exploration & experimentation.
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  6. Enforce coding standards.
  7. Focus on syntax & style.
  8. Skip the framework du jour.
  9. Divide responsibilities.
  10. Practice adaptability.
  11. Make learning a habit.

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