Riff - The Mob Programming Boss

Imagine you and two coworkers, all in different time zones, agree to develop the prototype of a new feature your project manager has requested. None of you have built this type of feature before, and one coworker says, "I can whip up something to start the ball rolling." What if you could avoid the guesswork?

If you have ever longed to sit around the table with your project team to expedite the development process, Riff’s allows that level of interaction and communication. Riff permits your team, regardless of where your team members may be located around the globe, to collaborate together, mob programming style.

If you haven’t heard of Mob programming, it’s a collaborative approach to software development in which a group of developers work together in real time on one task.

The mob structure, specifically, allows three or more developers direct access to the project. In its most basic form, one person codes while the others give feedback. Mob programming allows developers to teach and learn as the project progresses. The direct access allows the team to avoid bugs which may show up along the way. Mob programming has a unifying effect as the team solutions are inclusive and this solidifies the team buy-in on the work and pain points. Ultimately, a mob programming approach creates a dynamic team experience with all “hands on deck” throughout development.

The Riff Difference

Riff takes mob programming to the next level. Using Riff, the collective team involvement creates an avenue for individual hard and soft skills to be implemented in real time. Immediate feedback enables the developers, designers, project managers, and other team members to collaborate and address pain points efficiently and directly. Riff alleviates the friction to prototype or get started. It’s common to experience bumps and hurdles when designing software, but Riff allows easy communication to find solutions quickly. The Riff interface enables right processes and organization out of the box - the document panel helps you naturally prioritize planning, collecting links, documenting work for others, and more! Automatic code formatting keeps you thinking about the problem your team is working to solve.

Riff’s comprehensive approach alleviates communication problems, decision fatigue, wasted time, and allows clear and concise feedback.