Saw something interesting at a conference a while back. If you have a few days, it might be worth trying. It's called "mob programming" Basically you get every

Saw something interesting at a conference a while back. If you have a few days, it might be worth trying. It's called "mob programming" Basically you get everyone in a room. The basic premise here is that everybody brings their "A game" and shares it with everybody else. One person types, everybody else decides what to type. Sounds chaotic, but as long as folks stay focused, what happens is that very quickly the entire group gets on the same page about IDE, coding standards, patterns, and whatnot. I'd plan for a few days, but you might see results just in a solid morning of doing it. Don't know. Of course, you probably don't have a few days. But -- how much time are you losing to this other stuff? Couldn't hurt. Beats giving people a book to read.