University 2.0 The Eternal Beta - Can it Work in an Institution? creativecommons

The Eternal Beta - Can it Work in an Institution?

creativecommons

What is it?

What it's not tagging blogs wikis (or CMS either!)

tagging

blogs

wikis

(or CMS either!)

underpants gnome model 1) beta 2) ?!??! 3) profit!!!!

1) beta

2) ?!??!

3) profit!!!!

What it is incremental improvements, all the time it's about the people, stupid

incremental improvements, all the time

it's about the people, stupid

moo

invitations closed audience (but infinite) feedback channels viral popularity

closed audience (but infinite)

feedback channels

viral popularity

favoured release model Gmail Dopplr Joost (The Venice Project)

Gmail

Dopplr

Joost (The Venice Project)

invitations rule quiet development process user feedback you can break stuff!

quiet development process

user feedback

you can break stuff!

expectations lower quality not finished can give public feedback

lower quality

not finished

can give public feedback

who to invite your bloggers facebook group founders/active members previous contacts active members

your bloggers

facebook group founders/active members

previous contacts

active members

a community? yikes! probably not

yikes!

probably not

implementation woe integration problems scarcity of feedback scarcity of tester time (seeding matters!)

integration problems

scarcity of feedback

scarcity of tester time (seeding matters!)

development can be hard authority vs. conversation management structure critical

can be hard

authority vs. conversation

management structure critical

release early, release often easy to say agile/XP development excellent internal communication continuous resource

easy to say

agile/XP development

excellent internal communication

continuous resource

vital tools continuous integration real bug tracking version control

continuous integration

real bug tracking

version control

when to go public? up to you

up to you

how to fail don't respond don't act lie about everything

don't respond

don't act

lie about everything

Good luck!