krebs voos save 76% in virtual worlds
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Learn how we saved 76% to 81% of our event costs by using virtual worlds, and how they can be used to do agile project management with distributed teams. Presented at the Agile2010 conference in Orlando.TRANSCRIPT
© 2010 Agile Dimensions LLC
AgileBill Krebs & Keith Voos
IBM Developer & Lead ’83-09Programmer, Lead, Consultant, Teacher
Agile Coach Allscripts
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Certified in Virtual Words from U of Washington’s 1 year program
Author of upcoming book chapter on Agile Project Managementin “3D Virtual World Learning Handbook”
Agile since 2001
Certified CSM, CSP, MBTI, Innovation Games, Virtual Worlds
Taught Agile to over 1,000 people worldwide
160,000 physicians and 800 hospitals use Allscripts solutions to automate their operations.
Disclosure: partner with Teleplace
Project Management ProfessionalCertified ScrumMasterCertified Business Continuity Planner
Project Manager, State Farm Insurance
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All projects managed in 2009 and 2010 have been Agile
Began using Virtual World Environments Dec 2008
Agile ScrumMaster since 2008
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If I don’t see you, I forget you are there Geo discrimination? Some in room, some remote.
Does this somehow convey more information?
Global teams, face to face travel costs
Hard to remain engaged with screen share and teleconference combo. (but good chance to catch up on e-mail)
Webcams convey superfluous information, use more bandwidth. Venues are limited by physical and budget constraints.
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Spatial Audio +
Sense of Proximity +
Shared InteractiveObjects =
Sense of presence
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Face to Face
Estimate 30
Face to Face
Actual 45 +Local
Virtual
Actual
Venue $1,450 2,435 1,400
Travel Costs 19,500 29,268 0
Time Lost to
Travel14,400 21,600
6,300
(training)
Labor Volunteer Volunteer 825 + Volunteer
Food 315 4,442 0
Total 35,665 57,745$8,525
76% to 81%
Face to Face: Agile Coach Camp RTP Mar 2010 vs. Agile Worlds Jan 2010
Assume labor rate of $60 per VersionOne salary Survey
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Meetup.com/agile3d
2015 ?
Churn in marketplace Feels like Agile in 2001
Organization Event
Microsoft / Sodexo Virtual Global Inclusion Summit
Cisco Diversity and Inclusion
Ernst & Young Inventory
US Holocaust Museum Witnessing History
Catt Laboratory First-Responder Experience
Loyalist College Border Service Training
Ball State University Teaching Rhetoric
Penn State Environmental Science
BP Challenge for Global Graduates
IBM Academy of Technology Event
Shapiro Institute Immersive Negotiation Training
Organization Event Results
State Farm InsuranceAgile Project
Management
Saved over $1 million by
using virtual worlds
Agile Dimensions LLC Agile Worlds Conference
Saved 76% of event
costs compared to Agile
Coach Camp
Rockcliffe University
Consortium
Virtual Worlds Best
Practices in Education
Conference
Hosted events for 3,000
and 2,077 people over
two years
University of WashingtonOne year certification
Course
Used Agile for a new
team separated by 2,800
miles.
Built Cyber Security Simulation Stakeholder: US Department of Energy
Distributed team – 2,800 miles away
660 labor hours
$3,700 cost of supplies
Demoed to Whitehouse
Used Scrum
Experimentation with multiple environments
Control group
Local dispersed (Jan 09-Dec 09)
Offshore and Local (June 09-Aug 10)
Internal evaluation of Enterprise Edition
software.. (Oct 09-Dec 09)
Support Structure
Community Support or dedicated service unit.
Agile Coaching through the tool
Separate Agile Training Room
Agile Coaches holding classes
Participants and Business Cases
Projects
▪ Dispersed teams
▪ Offshore communication needs
▪ Collaborative Environment needs
New Technology Areas
▪ Utilize functions not integrated in other products
People
Profile
GroupsJoin
Events
“Profile Surfing”
Digestion
PC, Mac, Web, Mobile?
Served, or behind firewall?
Persistent?
Immersion Level
Private or Social?
Served or Client?
Cheap or Premium?
Programmability
LSL, Python, C#
Modelling
Primitives, Meshes, tools
No one tool has the answer yet
Hi Kirk,At the town hall meeting today, Sammy brought his laptop with camera and was sending the stream while
Eric was sharing his desktop presentation at the same time. It really worked well. Much better than the phone-in thing. Thanks to both of them. I hope we do more of this in the future.
Can we do that again?That was incredibly beneficial and what a great use of the tool. It can be exhausting to listen in, on the
phone, on a large meeting such as that. When speakers switch quickly, gesture, or turn their attention elsewhere – as is natural when presenting - it can be very hard to keep up and understand who is contributing what. It also makes it hard to stay focused. Being able to see both the speakers, the PPT and the whole room and their reaction was very helpful. I felt very connected to both those in the Town Hall meeting and those of us having a presence in a virtual world.
Mike,
I just attended my first Town Hall meeting in a virtual world and it was awesome. I was able to hear and see the presenters … and … during Josh’s presentation was able to see his computer screen on the left as he was presenting on the right. This was very helpful. I am thankful that Sammy McCubbins is putting in the effort to get this software/technology up and running. And that we have the ability to use it.
Pros:1. Allows us to expand our collaborative environment to multiple sites including, Corporate North, Corporate South, and our soon to be offshore team in India2. Allows everyone on the team to view and comment on documents, demonstrations, screen reviews, database design reviews, and code reviews at the same time3. All team members (on shore and off shore) are able to have face to face conversations regarding difficult or confusing screen/code designs.4. Ability for all team members to update documents on the display panels5. The projector display is where we will get the biggest bang. We plan on using this feature a lot with our offshore team.6. Ability to save documents from the room directly back into our own applications and then into Phase if needed.
Cons:1. A short delay when entering information into one of the documents on the display panels.2. Not a working calendar for the team.
Pros:1. Great for use with distributed teams. I have one team that has adopted this well. They are spread out and it has been really helpful for them to use. My other team mostly sits close together, and they have been much slow to adopt this technology.2. Very cool tool! Saves significant time for daily standup meetings and for communicating status updates3. Becomes more natural as you spend more time on it. 4. The ability to collaborate with the team without traveling to another location.5. Not having to commute long distances to a conference room for a 15/20 meeting. 6. Seeing the same documents, etc. as the rest of the group. Being able to hear people when they speak, seeing who has joined the meeting, quickly moving to different landmarks
Cons:1. Time to learn to use product- about 3 weeks intermittently, shorter if using daily. 2. Feedback from users concerning sound quality… very intermixed. Wireless networking POS (Point of Service) standards? Does your current network handle data and voice differently?
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Venuegen –Balance
ReactionGrid - AdvancedUnity3d / Jibe – toolkit
Webex – 2d - not engaging
Teleplace – Good for Data
Sococo – 2.5D, but useful Unisfair, ON24 – Cost
Agile Dimensions has tools in blue. Save time. Let us help you choose.
Bandwidth Initial learning curve Graphics cards Firewall and ports
Partial mobile enablement
(pocket Metaverse)
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Hi performance, more programmable
Less engaging, but still useful sometimes
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Brian Bauer, CTO. Etape PartnersRon Burns, President Proton Media
Debbie Dalmand – Ernst & YoungMike Hamilton – Ernst & Young
Erica & Sam Driver – ConsultantsRandy Hinrichs – CEO 2b3d, UWABoris Kizelshteyn – CEO Popcha
Christopher Keesey – Ohio UniversityChuck Hamilton – IBM
Karen Keeter – IBMJoanne Martin - IBM
John Hengeveld – Strategist at IntelKen Hudson – Director at Loyalist
CollegeDavid Klevan – Holocaust Museum
Anders Groenstedt – Groenstedt Grp
Steve Mahaley – Director at DukeJoe Little – BP Chief Tech OfficeMary Ann Mengel – Penn State
Barton Pursel – Penn StateMichael Pack – U of Maryland
Koreen Olbrish – CEO Tandem LearningMargaret Regan – CEO FutureWork
Sarah Robbins – Indiana UJohn Royer – director AstraZenca
Lesley Scopes U of SouthhamptonClare Timothy - BP
Eilif Trondsen – Research DirectorVirtual Worlds @ Work
Kevin Feenan – Rockcliffe UTony O’Driscoll – Duke University
Karl Kapp – Boomsburg University
Orientation Training
3d
Agile
More
Machinima Event Organization Sponsored Community
Over 6 person years
Bill – cert in VWs and Scrum
Staff – IQ 147, conference speaker
Rockcliffe U
11 Sims,
Security, Admin, Faculty
4 build companies
Web hosting companies
Mission: Serve the Agile and 3d Communities.
Cover the cost of our passion. Make 3d Real.
Don’t reinvent the wheel
Avenue for Accessibility
Virtual Ability – Virtual Ability.org
Virtual Helping Hands
Wheelies
Cape Able
It’s Greener
Saved 27 tones of Co2 at AgileCon
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Join meetup.com/Agile3d
Rockcliffe U – urockcliffe.com Jokaydia - jokaydia.com Extreme Reality - extreme-reality.com Pooky Media - pookymedia.com The Epoch Institute Joel Foner – Joel Foner.com – coaching coaches UW Avalumni Reaction Grid – reactiongrid.com Teleplace, Inc. – teleplace.com VenueGen – venugen.com Shapiro Negotiations Institute - shapironegotiations.com
And more!
Learning in 3D by Karl Kapp and Tony O’Driscoll Training and Collaboration with Virtual Worlds by Alex Heiphetz and Gary
Woodill Journal of Virtual Worlds - jvwresearch.org
Video – channel agile3d
Agile Worlds 2010 http://bit.ly/Agile3dCon10a
Hopscotch http://bit.ly/agile3dhopscotch
Agile 3d Factory http://bit.ly/agile3dfactory
Peek at Teleplace http://bit.ly/awnteleplace
Cyber Security Themepark http://bit.ly/3dsecuritypark
Why Immersion? http://bit.ly/whyimmersion
