Rails Maturity Models

Integrum emphasizes business value, speed to market and open communication to build remarkable Ruby on Rails web applications.
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Most Endorsed Practices for this firm

• Informative Workspace

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• One Week Iterations

  We plan all of our client work into week long iterations, with a locked iteration after the planning session. No new user stories are added after the weekly iteration is planned. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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    All projects are one week iterations.

    Jason Newlin at Integrum

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
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• Cucumber

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• iPhone Development

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Pair Programming

  We practice Pair Programming on our projects, often using ping-pong pairing as one pair will write the test and then the other pair will write the code to pass it. This keeps both pairs engaged and active in the code.

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    Always.

    Jason Newlin at Integrum

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
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• Pairing Workstations

  Each of our pairs has two monitors, one keyboard, one mouse and close access to whiteboards and story boards.

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Company-Provided Food and Drinks

  Fridges are kept well stocked with beverages and energy drinks. Tea and coffee are on site as well. Snacks are available in the break room, and lunches are provided on Friday.

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    Lunch every Friday before retrospective. Lots of drinks in the 4 refrigerators in the office.

    Jason Newlin at Integrum

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
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• Celebrate Success

  Daily Standups and weekly retrospectives allow us to celebrate teams who have accomplished awesomeness throughout the process. As all builds are passing the continuous integration screen shines green.

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Daily Project Standup Meeting

  Each project meets with the client daily to go over what has been done, what roadblocks came up, and what can be done to move them. The client is kept appraised of status at all times.

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Shared Work Environment (No Cubicles)

  Open spaces - no walls at Integrum

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Perpetual Learning Environment

  Weekly we have at least one if not two educational talks focused on both programming or business practices. We have a weekly book club as well.

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Story Carding

  From the beginning of our interaction with a client through the final day of development, we use our User Story cards to visibly denote what is "on the board" for the current iteration and what is to come and has been. We stick to actual note cards, push pins and sharpies.

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    Each project has it's own 4x8 ft board. For cards and charts.

    Jason Newlin at Integrum

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
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• Sustainable Pace

  We encourage the Pomodoro time management system to maintain a healthy work environment and sustainable pace. We don't oversell our capabilities and force our developers to reach unattainable goals. The developers are involved in every part of the planning and estimation so that they are comfortable with the pace.

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• The Pomodoro Technique

  We encourage the Pomodoro time management system to maintain a healthy work environment and sustainable pace.

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Internal Instant Communication

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Ping Pong

  Darts, Pool, Foosball, Air Hockey, XBox, Wii, airzookas.... we have fun during our breaks.

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Frequent Releases

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Github

  We use GitHub for version control on all of our projects.

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Continuous Integration

  All of our projects are in CruiseControl and displayed their status continually in the office.

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    Currently using CruiseControl.rb, with a monitor showing the build status of all projects. Huge red screen when the build is broken.

    Jason Newlin at Integrum

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
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• Everyone Together

  The entire Integrum team sits together, where easy communication is able to take place and feedback can be returned quickly.

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• Collective Code Ownership

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
    • Jason Newlin at Integrum
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• UI Specialist Role

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
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• Homogeneous Workstation Environments

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
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• Distributed Version Control

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
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• Pivotal-style Standup

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
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• The Story is the Iteration

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    • Chris Conrey at Integrum
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