Agile tricks

Agile Tricks keep the morale of your team high

a.k.a. (also known as) 20 minutes to DoomBoard

20 minutes to DoomBoard

Who am I?

Giovanni Intini • giovanni@mikamai.com • twitter.com/intinig • http://tempe.st • Co-Founder of Mikamai • Technical Director

Mikamai

The Menu

The Menu 1. Assumptions

The Menu 1. Assumptions 2. Morale?

The Menu 1. Assumptions 2. Morale? 3. Tricks

The Menu 1. Assumptions 2. Morale? 3. Tricks 4. Doomboard

1. Assumptions or what I know that you know

Assumptions

Assumptions • Testing heals the world

Assumptions • Testing heals the world • Testing cares about you

Assumptions • Testing heals the world • Testing cares about you • That’s why you should care about testing

2. Morale? what is this morale thing anyway?

Morale: a deﬁnition courtesy of wikipedia (emphasis mine) Morale, also known as esprit de corps when discussing the morale of a group, is an intangible term used for the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.

Morale: programming

Morale: programming Low Morale

Morale: programming Low Morale Low Productivity

Morale: programming Low Morale Sad Popeye! Low Productivity

Morale: programming

Morale: programming High Morale

Morale: programming High Morale High Productivity

Morale: programming High Sad Morale Brutus! High Productivity

3. Tricks how do we keep the morale high?

Never Stop Learning

Friendly Competition

Feel this is Cool

The Team is bigger

Continous Integration

Have Fun

4. Doomboard one board to rule them all (*) (*) overused reference intended

Doomboard http://github.com/mikamai/doomboardhd.git Project Dashboard with cool 8-bit graphics, integrated with GitHub and Integrity (continuous integration server).

Project Dashboard

Project Dashboard Twitter Ticker

Rankings Project Dashboard Twitter Ticker

Flying Dude Rankings Project Dashboard Twitter Ticker

Flying Sun Dude Rankings Project Dashboard Twitter Ticker

Doomboard: Principles

Doomboard: Principles 1. It should be fun to build

Doomboard: Principles 1. It should be fun to build 2. It should be fun to use

Doomboard: Principles 1. It should be fun to build 2. It should be fun to use 3. It should encourage friendly competition

Doomboard: Principles 1. It should be fun to build 2. It should be fun to use 3. It should encourage friendly competition 4. It should help keeping track of “stuff”

Doomboard: Principles 1. It should be fun to build 2. It should be fun to use 3. It should encourage friendly competition 4. It should help keeping track of “stuff” 5. It should teach something to everyone

Doomboard: Principles 1. It should be fun to build 2. It should be fun to use 3. It should encourage friendly competition 4. It should help keeping track of “stuff” 5. It should teach something to everyone 6. It should be COOL

Fun to Build use cool technologies, luke!

Fun to Build use cool technologies, luke! • HTML5

Fun to Build use cool technologies, luke! • HTML5 • CSS3

Fun to Build use cool technologies, luke! • HTML5 • CSS3 • Sinatra

Fun to Build use cool technologies, luke! • HTML5 • CSS3 • Sinatra • Redis

Fun to Use look! that’s you with an umbrella

Friendly Competition you’re a slacker, dude!

Keep Track of Stuff who’s who, what’s what and so on

Keep Track of Stuff who’s who, what’s what and so on • Active Projects

Keep Track of Stuff who’s who, what’s what and so on • Active Projects • Committers

Keep Track of Stuff who’s who, what’s what and so on • Active Projects • Committers • Continous Integration Status

Teach Everyone you blew my mind

Teach Everyone you blew my mind • CSS Animations

Teach Everyone you blew my mind • CSS Animations • New Standards

Teach Everyone you blew my mind • CSS Animations • New Standards • Non Relational Databases

Teach Everyone you blew my mind • CSS Animations • New Standards • Non Relational Databases • Math (true story!)

Coolness Factor we’re the only ones with a sun that moves after all

Coolness Factor we’re the only ones with a sun that moves after all Live Demo

Questions? Giovanni Intini <giovanni@mikamai.com> http://twitter.com/intinig

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Agile tricks

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