Martin Fowler’s most recent post on “PrematureRampUp” http://martinfowler.com/bliki/PrematureRampUp.html is right on the mark. Our team has recently concluded work on two legacy projects, which have been running in parallel for some time. A strategic greenfield project for a custom analytics platform has been slowly gaining momentum. Rather than slam the custom platform project with all the devs from the previous two projects, we have started to migrate them over in pairs. This has proven to be very beneficial in that it has allowed us to control the team member learning curves and ensure that they are properly acclimated to the new project environment. We eliminated a great deal of hectic stress by bringing them over in this way and it also allows the new team members to assist with the knowledge sharing as well. Overall, this is a great way to grow a team to its optimal size.
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