Design It!

Create Opportunities for Safe Practice

We want to give our team more design authority, but this is only possible if they’re prepared to handle it. Teammates can’t gain experience unless they practice. We’re on a tight deadline, and taking time away from development for training is asking a lot. What do you do? Find safe ways to practice design.

Pair Design

Pairing is one of the simplest and safest ways to practice design. Start by working one-on-one with teammates while you’re doing design work. If you need to think through a model, invite a teammate to join you for a whiteboard jam, introduced. If you have a meeting to talk to stakeholders about quality attributes, take a teammate with you. Ask a teammate to review a document filled with decisions ...