[The Java Posse] Re: On developing coherent software engineering practices

2011-06-30 Thread Steven Herod
What are the personalities of the people in the team? With 20 people, you might get 1 fellow enthusiast out to 4 or 5 who wish to participate. And maybe even 1 or 2 who are actively hostile. Don't worry about a forum, 20 people isn't enough to make it worth while. If you have email, use an

[The Java Posse] Re: On developing coherent software engineering practices

2011-06-29 Thread Phil
There are loads of different ways to introduce and encourage best practice but I think your biggest challenge is going to be making it stick when your 'teams' are so small. Are teams isolated physically from each other? I'd be looking to form bigger localised groups of developers so that there