social technologies boost agile projects
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Draft presentation for delivery at the 2009 Agile Business Conference in London. http://www.agileconference.org/TRANSCRIPT
#agilebc09 Tim Difford#agilebc09 Tim Difford
Are Social Media tools the key to Are Social Media tools the key to unlocking truly productive multi-unlocking truly productive multi-
location projects? location projects?
email: [email protected]: @timdifford
blog: onegreenerday.com
connectionsconnections
waterfall projectswaterfall projects
©Neil Paskin
agile projectsagile projects
emphasis on face-to-faceemphasis on face-to-face
location location locationlocation location location
social media gluesocial media glue
projects powered by projects powered by twittertwitter??
Guys, I’d kinda like a
version of this app for the
iPhone
Hmm.. How high a priority
is that requirement?
Good Idea! We can skip this release, but it is a MUST HAVE
for the next!OK! I’ll get our Tech Lead to do an Impact Analysis before we add to
the requirements log
OK, I should get a ballpark
done overnight...
+ -pacepace
transparencytransparency
inclusivenessinclusiveness
collaborationcollaboration
always onalways on
chaoticchaotic
uncontrolleduncontrolled
is data secure?is data secure?
too hardtoo hard
too geekytoo geeky
too fasttoo fast
tough to manage
tough to manage
difficult to controldifficult
to control
efficientefficient
speeds up time to market
speeds up time to market
great for nimbleSMEs, agencies, etc
great for nimbleSMEs, agencies, etc
hard to explainhard to explain
tough to implementin corporates/clientstough to implementin corporates/clients
rapid problemsolving
rapid problemsolving
team identityteam
identity
greengreen
cost effective
cost effective
audit trail?audit trail?
positivespositives//negativesnegatives
what’s next for projects?what’s next for projects?
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Tim Difford
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blog: onegreenerday.com