Collaborative Design in Plone

Collaborative Design Processes and Plone
Christopher Johnson | ifPeople
Jon Stahl | ONE/Northwest
Plone Conference | Washington, DC
October, 2008

Why are we here?

Goals of Session
Understand how Plone community creates Plone the software
Inspire ideas for improving the process
Contribute to shared interest in improving the process
Recruit people who want to help improve the process

Outline
Process map!
Collaborative design outside the community
What it all means
Conversation about how to move forward

Is Plone an Orchestra? http://flickr.com/photos/jordanfischer/72510316/

Chaordic = chaos + order http://flickr.com/photos/chriscorrigan/381481875/

http://flickr.com/photos/nh567/2774100797/

Process Map

Learning from Others
Where are the best practices in remote collaboration and collaborative design processes?

Example: Datacenter Charrette
RMI convened whole-system design charrette for data centers (Feb 2-5, 2003)
"clean sheet model with no compromises"
Goal: leapfrog incremental improvements to advance overall design

The Problem The Problem

Solution Criteria
Can't just keep applying more brute force to this problem
Must use energy efficiently
Design system around efficiency, reliability, and availability

What is a Charrette? image: eyetopixel

Crosses Boundaries image: zoomzoom

Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Men_and_an_Elephant

image: jeffwerner

image: danielfarrell

The People
90 people, including industry experts in:
engineering
computer design
energy
data management
business
real estate
facilities design
image: dcassaa

The Result
Data center design that
reduces energy conception by 89%,
with equivalent computing power
and greater reliability.
Over 50 major recommendations
See www.rmi.org

What made it work?
Facilitated dialogue on:
innovative and functional design and engineering
strategies to improve results of design decisions

What made it work?
Whole-system thinking:
actively considers interconnections between systems
seeks solutions that address multiple problems at same time

What makes it work?
Unites stakeholders and experts at the beginning of design / problem-solving process
Aggregate demand/needs from many stakeholders

http://flickr.com/photos/maxine/1523329505/

Small group activity
Break into groups of ~5-7
Brainstorm: What are ways we can make the process of developing Plone more collaborative and approachable?
What would help us better “front-load” the design process so that we had more input and commitment before code had to be written?
What activities will generate engagement & participation from stakeholders?
What can you do to drive this forward?
Who's not here that should be engaged in this conversation?
Log in to OpenPlans at http://tinyurl.com/plone-process to record your group's ideas on a new page
Separate page per group to avoid edit conflicts!
15 minutes

What next?
Become a “fan” of Framework Team on FB
Join OpenPlans Group: http://tinyurl.com/plone-process
Add your name to list
Volunteer for a followup task
Keep the conversation alive!

Thank you!
Christopher Johnson (irc: cjj)
cjj at ifpeople.net
www.ifpeople.net
Jon Stahl
jon at onenw.org
www.onenw.org

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