The Story of the Green Chair
summary
The talk addresses knowledge loss when team members leave a project and resulting loss of context and rationale. It presents practical ways to prevent awkward gaps like vague “we always did it this way” explanations, using a concept called the green chair as a concrete practice to capture decisions and important arguments.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:06Decision lifecycle
- 4:52Architectural decisions log
- 7:42Onboarding new team members
- 9:28Code improvements for newcomers
- 12:15Summary
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