Archive for 2012

  • Atlas of Worlds

    Atlas of Worlds

    There are many tools to help distrusted teams. The ones used by people doing remote agile project management are particularly interesting. I gathered the ones I know about and grouped them together. Range – from familiar to 2d to ultra programmable 3d – Spatial environments that are created before the simulation runs OpenSim – Environments [...]

    Read More

  • Distributed Team Index

    Distributed Team Index

    The Rockcliffe University Consortium Faculty is an example of a highly distributed team. Value Meaning 9 Max Timezone spread (in hours) 6 Timezones 12 Locations 13 People 92% people are in different buildings (12/13) 70 Distributed Team Index The purpose of the Distributed Team Index is to show the context of how disbursed the team [...]

    Read More

  • Server Capacity can Lead to Invention

    Server Capacity can Lead to Invention

    Necessity is the mother of invention. I want to erase distance as a factor in how we assemble our teams. But it’s hard to organize large groups of people. I specialize in tools for distributed teams, but some tools do have limits. Though we may use a physical metaphor for our office space, in reality [...]

    Read More

  • The Journey

    The Journey

    This is a typical discussion on the merits of tools for distributed collaboration, and which tool to use. From: (a VP) To: AgileBill Subject: Second life as a collaboration tool? “Hello Bill, Our department is in the midst of discussions around collaboration tools to facilitate better function of Agile teams where resources are split between geographic regions. We looked [...]

    Read More

  • Spatial Context

    Spatial Context

    I made a block diagram of agile.  I include business analysis, planning, lean execution, and feedback.  What is cool is to have people work in this space.  Spatial Context.  You can see who is working on what.   I have four (so far) implementations of the Agile3d Factory I use for both  training and distributed [...]

    Read More

  • Putting a Project Manager in a Wheelchair

    Putting a Project Manager in a Wheelchair

      “Putting a Project Manager in a Wheelchair – working with differing abilities” Dec 28, 2011 – Sojorner Auditorium – online. 22 people attended.   Agenda Differing Abilities Pairing Agile Project Management Flavors of Agile Daily Agile Scrum Meetings with Agile Hopscotch Alternate tools for Distributed Teams   Credits: Gentle Heron, the leader of the [...]

    Read More