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Are personality tests useful for developers?

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Daniel Irvine

My talk at Extreme Programmers London discussing how using personality tests can be useful for dev teams.

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Are personality tests useful for developers? Daniel Irvine @d_ir 31 August 2017
@d_ir31 Aug 2017 TL;DR Having a systematic way of measuring the individual personalities on your team is a systematic way of understanding other people. That helps to create effective interactions. Effective interactions lead to effective teamwork.
@d_ir31 Aug 2017 Introvert vs extrovert Open plan of鍖ces are terrible for work because noise is so distracting. Crowds of people vs small groups of familiar people How quickly are you drained in social environments?
@d_ir31 Aug 2017 Myers-Briggs Four psychological functions: Perceiving (P): sensation (S) trust information from the present senses intuition (N) from patterns or past experience, and future consequences Judging (J): thinking (T) make decisions based on rules feeling (F) from empathy to achieve a best 鍖t for all
@d_ir31 Aug 2017 By Jake Beech - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30859659
@d_ir31 Aug 2017 DISC Dominance, In鍖uence, Steadiness, Compliance
@d_ir31 Aug 2017 Empowering teams Startups and smaller companies often need everyone to pitch in. How can you increase your success at your current employer? How do you handle new scenarios like introducing new team members?
@d_ir31 Aug 2017 Roll your own personality tests Hold a day half-day workshop where teammates have a structured way of learning about each other. Use an online personality test or, if youre really adventurous, roll your own.
@d_ir31 Aug 2017 Learning about others without tests Self-assessment is never going to be very accurate. Be interested in people! Does being professional mean not knowing about the lives of our colleagues?
Thank you Daniel Irvine @d_ir

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Are personality tests useful for developers?

  • 1. Are personality tests useful for developers? Daniel Irvine @d_ir 31 August 2017
  • 2. @d_ir31 Aug 2017 TL;DR Having a systematic way of measuring the individual personalities on your team is a systematic way of understanding other people. That helps to create effective interactions. Effective interactions lead to effective teamwork.
  • 3. @d_ir31 Aug 2017 Introvert vs extrovert Open plan of鍖ces are terrible for work because noise is so distracting. Crowds of people vs small groups of familiar people How quickly are you drained in social environments?
  • 4. @d_ir31 Aug 2017 Myers-Briggs Four psychological functions: Perceiving (P): sensation (S) trust information from the present senses intuition (N) from patterns or past experience, and future consequences Judging (J): thinking (T) make decisions based on rules feeling (F) from empathy to achieve a best 鍖t for all
  • 5. @d_ir31 Aug 2017 By Jake Beech - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30859659
  • 6. @d_ir31 Aug 2017 DISC Dominance, In鍖uence, Steadiness, Compliance
  • 7. @d_ir31 Aug 2017 Empowering teams Startups and smaller companies often need everyone to pitch in. How can you increase your success at your current employer? How do you handle new scenarios like introducing new team members?
  • 8. @d_ir31 Aug 2017 Roll your own personality tests Hold a day half-day workshop where teammates have a structured way of learning about each other. Use an online personality test or, if youre really adventurous, roll your own.
  • 9. @d_ir31 Aug 2017 Learning about others without tests Self-assessment is never going to be very accurate. Be interested in people! Does being professional mean not knowing about the lives of our colleagues?