A whiteboardless user story whiteboard (+competition)
October 20th, 2008
Everywhere I go that has software development going on, pretty much the first thing I do is create a user story whiteboard. Over the weekend I finally decided I needed one for my own stuff at home. But I doubt my landlord would appreciate me drilling a whiteboard to the wall, so I got some garden twine, Blu-tak, and a pair of scissors and built the Whiteboardless Whiteboard:
I'm starting to think I use story boards more because I like constructing them than because of the productivity boost they can create :) Might make the next one out of drinking straws...
Anyone got any crazier thoughts on how to build one? If I get any comments I just might build the winning idea...
GeekUp Sheffield VI: From Specification to Success (slides)
October 2nd, 2008
Not long home from this month's GeekUp, I thought I'd post the slides and "artefacts" the huddle I ran tonight while it's still fresh in my mind (and so I can put it to bed after a month, before I put myself to bed tonight). GeekUp was unusually quiet this time round, peaking at 30-40 people, compared to the steady 40+ the month before. But actually, it was probably about the right size for this session. The structure of the huddle was like this:
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