This slide deck provides a detailed overview on how to use the Conteneo Weave Idea Engine to create, facilitate and post-process visual collaboration frameworks like Speed Boat, Cover Story, Prune the Product Tree, Gamestorming frameworks like Empathy Map, Canvases like the Business Model Canvas and even custom frameworks.
This slide deck provides a detailed overview on how to use the Conteneo Weave Decision Engine to collaboratively prioritize product features with customers, project portfolios with internal teams, allocate resources and engage citizens through Participatory Budgeting and Budget Games.
This deck provides an overview of the Conteneo Weave platform. It explains the core underlying concepts and such things as guest lists, forums, galas and basic operations within the system.
A visible architecture is a physical model of a software system created by architecture teams using Duplo® bricks, with strings representing data flows. Visible architectures enable teams to collaboratively understand the “as-is” architecture and make better choices on the “to-be” architecture. We use Visible Architectures and frameworks like Speed Boat and Prune the Product Tree to help teams succeed. This deck outlines a step-by-step process for how to create a visible architecture.
The Post Agile World of Framework-Driven CollaborationLuke Hohmann
I hope you enjoy my keynote from the Agile Warrior Conference on 31-Jan-2018. In this keynote I presented the future of increasing performance in the Agile community through the use of Collaborative Frameworks such as Innovation Games®.
Share2012 - Innovation Games for SharePoint Requirements Gathering21apps
This document summarizes a workshop on using serious games to help define requirements for SharePoint. The workshop included an introduction to serious games and examples of games that could be used for various purposes like understanding the current situation, facilitating requirements gathering, aligning on requirements, and prioritizing features. Participants played several games including "Low-Tech Social Network", "Sailboat", "Hot Tub", and "Requirements Rainbow". The goals of the workshop were to generate insights through participatory and egalitarian games in a more engaging way than traditional questionnaires or brainstorming.
Creating and Scaling an Enterprise Design Systemuxpin
You'll learn:
- How to create a unified design language for a complex organization.
- How to use the most efficient processes and tools for maintaining the design system.
- How to scale code and interaction patterns across platforms and products.
The document describes various "Innovation Games" that can be used to help teams discover user needs, prioritize features, and plan products. The games have names like "Me and My Shadow" and "SpeedBoat" and are used for purposes like understanding how a product is used, discovering hidden needs, and identifying what people dislike about an existing product. Examples are given for how each game could be applied in an Agile development or project management context.
The Creative Essentials Graphic Suite includes five graphic applications - CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, CorelTRACE, DAZ Bryce, and Toon Boom Studio Express - as well as 24 fonts, for creating graphics projects. The programs each include tutorials that teach skills like creating logos, correcting images, and masking. CorelDRAW allows vector drawing and graphic design. Corel PHOTO-PAINT edits photos and creates graphics. CorelTRACE converts bitmaps to vectors. DAZ Bryce enables 3D landscape creation. Toon Boom Studio Express is for 2D animation. The suite provides a cost-effective option for those with basic graphic design needs.
This slide deck provides a detailed overview on how to use the Conteneo Weave Decision Engine to collaboratively prioritize product features with customers, project portfolios with internal teams, allocate resources and engage citizens through Participatory Budgeting and Budget Games.
This deck provides an overview of the Conteneo Weave platform. It explains the core underlying concepts and such things as guest lists, forums, galas and basic operations within the system.
A visible architecture is a physical model of a software system created by architecture teams using Duplo® bricks, with strings representing data flows. Visible architectures enable teams to collaboratively understand the “as-is” architecture and make better choices on the “to-be” architecture. We use Visible Architectures and frameworks like Speed Boat and Prune the Product Tree to help teams succeed. This deck outlines a step-by-step process for how to create a visible architecture.
The Post Agile World of Framework-Driven CollaborationLuke Hohmann
I hope you enjoy my keynote from the Agile Warrior Conference on 31-Jan-2018. In this keynote I presented the future of increasing performance in the Agile community through the use of Collaborative Frameworks such as Innovation Games®.
Share2012 - Innovation Games for SharePoint Requirements Gathering21apps
This document summarizes a workshop on using serious games to help define requirements for SharePoint. The workshop included an introduction to serious games and examples of games that could be used for various purposes like understanding the current situation, facilitating requirements gathering, aligning on requirements, and prioritizing features. Participants played several games including "Low-Tech Social Network", "Sailboat", "Hot Tub", and "Requirements Rainbow". The goals of the workshop were to generate insights through participatory and egalitarian games in a more engaging way than traditional questionnaires or brainstorming.
Creating and Scaling an Enterprise Design Systemuxpin
You'll learn:
- How to create a unified design language for a complex organization.
- How to use the most efficient processes and tools for maintaining the design system.
- How to scale code and interaction patterns across platforms and products.
The document describes various "Innovation Games" that can be used to help teams discover user needs, prioritize features, and plan products. The games have names like "Me and My Shadow" and "SpeedBoat" and are used for purposes like understanding how a product is used, discovering hidden needs, and identifying what people dislike about an existing product. Examples are given for how each game could be applied in an Agile development or project management context.
The Creative Essentials Graphic Suite includes five graphic applications - CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, CorelTRACE, DAZ Bryce, and Toon Boom Studio Express - as well as 24 fonts, for creating graphics projects. The programs each include tutorials that teach skills like creating logos, correcting images, and masking. CorelDRAW allows vector drawing and graphic design. Corel PHOTO-PAINT edits photos and creates graphics. CorelTRACE converts bitmaps to vectors. DAZ Bryce enables 3D landscape creation. Toon Boom Studio Express is for 2D animation. The suite provides a cost-effective option for those with basic graphic design needs.
Sharpest tool in the box: Choosoing the best authoring tool for your learning...Brightwave Group
From rapid and responsive, to video and cross-browser capability we demand great things from the authoring tools available to us. And there are many to choose from.
This presentation explores the key factors we recommend you consider when choosing an authoring tool. These vary according to environment and culture, to the needs of your learners and the objectives of the learning. Choosing the right authoring tool and ensuring it is based on your needs ensures your learning content is not simply fit for purpose, but meets the aims of your wider learning strategy.
This slide deck provides an overview of several advanced features in Weave, including anonymous play, prioritizing large lists and developing custom frameworks for large teams.
Sharpest tool in the box: Choosing the right authoring tool for your learning...Brightwave Group
From rapid and responsive, to video and cross-browser capability we, as learning professionals, demand great things from the authoring tools available to us. And there are many to choose from.
This session explored the key factors we recommend you consider when choosing an authoring tool. These vary according to environment and culture, to the needs of your learners and the objectives of the learning. Choosing the right authoring tool and ensuring it is based on your needs ensures your learning content is not simply fit for purpose, but meets the aims of your wider learning strategy. With plenty of examples from real courses and solutions, the session covered a list of questions you need to ask, and provided a framework to help guide you through the tool-selection process.
● Great expectations - why the right authoring tool is the foundation of quality learning content.
● Key considerations - the right questions to evaluate the range of tools and make the right decision.
● The future - what can we expect from the next generation of authoring tools?
This presentation was delivered by Konathan Archibald and Nick Eastha, on Thursday 29th January at Learning Technologuies 2015 exhibition
Improving WordPress Themes & Plugins Support DocumentationGloria Antonelli
Solid user support documentation of WordPress themes and plugins is key for Users Experience. Many WordPress theme and plugin developers have frustrated users. Users are digging through websites, forums and surfing the web for answers on how to setup, use or modify WordPress products.
Learn how to create an effective learning channel incorporating Information Architecture and User Experience techniques. Develop a blue print to organize your step by step guides, video tutorials, troubleshooting tips, FAQ, and forums for easy findability for both novices and pros. Points to address include reducing your user’s pain points and learning curve, the value of UI consistency, alternative concept map of information and a developer’s documentation check list before release.
Cisco has created a powerful and compelling Human-Centered Design process with dozens of useful frameworks (like Empathy Map, Rose-Bud-Thorn, Difficulty-Importance and so forth).
The challenge was that Cisco needed these frameworks to scale so that globally distributed teams could use common frameworks at scale. Cisco partnered with Conteneo for the solution - described in this deck.
Computer Applications for Managers Lumen Learning LynellBull52
This document provides an overview of basic computer terminology and concepts for computer users. It defines key terms like desktop, window, menu bar, taskbar, minimize and maximize. It explains how to identify the operating system on your computer and provides guidance on working with multiple windows by resizing them. The document aims to establish a foundational understanding of computer interfaces and navigation to help users complete basic tasks.
Managing feature requests and backlog is a challenge for any software development team faced with high expectations and limited time. This presentation shows how the team at Cognito Forms moves fast while transparently engaging with their customers to prioritize development. Through sophisticated use of Trello, the team tackles complex management challenges in a way that minimizes process overhead. The focus of this presentation though is not the tool, but the methodology they use to keep things going and keep their customers informed along the journey.
This is one of the training course that I conducted in 2016 before I started my company Lava X.
And I thought it will be great sharing it here with everyone.
The SlideShare presentation consists of the summary of the Design System 101 Workshop, as presented by UX Gorilla with Mayank Dhawan.
Link of the event: https://bit.ly/2RwN4RF
The workshop took place on December 01, 2018 at 91springboard, Jhandewalan Extension, New Delhi.
This event was for designers, developers or members of the product team to help them with a clear understanding and give them useful ideas to make better decisions, help their teams to save time so that they can do things they would enjoy.
This presentation is both a how-to as well as the material you need to prepare and host the Visualized Workflow workshop that Jeff describes in the Actionable Agile Tools book published by OikosofySeries.
You will find “Facilitator slides” which help you understand how to prepare and host each of the steps in the workshop.
You will also find the “Presentation slides”, which you can use directly in the workshop.
The document provides guidance for novice software testers on creating a portfolio to demonstrate their skills and experience to potential employers. It recommends including examples of bugs found, complex projects tested, and automation frameworks created. It suggests gaining experience by contributing to open source projects or crowdsourced testing websites, describing the process for finding a suitable project and submitting useful bug reports. The portfolio helps novice testers gain real-world experience to overcome the "beginner paradox" of needing experience to get a job.
This document outlines a presentation on teaching with technology given by Sushumna Rao on May 9th, 2020. The presentation covers e-learning models, the need for online learning tools during the pandemic, and how to use Zoom for online conferencing. Tips are provided on setting up a Zoom account, scheduling meetings, screen sharing, polling participants, and engaging learners. Best practices for online teaching etiquette and designing effective presentations are also discussed. The goal is to help faculty effectively conduct classes using Zoom.
The document summarizes Ryan Lou's masterclass workshop on redefining big ideas for startups. The workshop covers various techniques for validating ideas such as hitting the streets, using social media, setting up landing pages, conducting product pitches, and producing videos. It provides examples for how to effectively use these techniques, such as getting 90k retweets on social media or selling a product before it exists. The overall goal of the techniques discussed is to help entrepreneurs focus on learning which activities create value and validating ideas through customer feedback in the early stages of developing a startup.
The document discusses different templates in Adobe Connect that can be used to design virtual events. It describes three main templates - Training, Meeting, and Event. The Training template contains pods organized for different activities like a lobby, classroom, and analysis layout. The Meeting template focuses on sharing information, discussion, and collaboration. It contains sharing, discussion, and collaboration layouts. The Event template is suited for large events with multiple main attractions due to its roomy design.
The Recipe to Getting Attendees to Your Open Source Events Karen Vuong
The Recipe to Getting Attendees to your Open Source Events
With the growth of open source comes the need for more conferences, meetups and hackathons - you name it! These events give community members the opportunity to interact face-to-face to solve problems, come up with new ideas, or even just to chat and get to know each other better. But, the question is – how do we get developers, users and contributors from open source communities to these events? In this session, we’ll learn useful tips and best practices on how to get attendees to your open source conferences and meetups. Karen will go over a 3-step process; how to setup your events, how to promote the events and what to do after the events.
The Recipe to Getting Attendees to Your Open Source Events Karen Vuong
With the growth of open source comes the need for more conferences, meetups and hackathons - you name it! These events give community members the opportunity to interact face-to-face to solve problems, come up with new ideas, or even just to chat and get to know each other better. But, the question is – how do we get developers, users and contributors from open source communities to these events? In this session, we’ll learn useful tips and best practices on how to get attendees to your open source conferences and meetups. Karen will go over a 3-step process; how to setup your events, how to promote the events and what to do after the events.
How to Effectively Lead a Focus Group by nexTier Product ManagerProduct School
Talking to users can be challenging or intimidating, and running a focus group is one of those tasks which most Product Managers would say is essential in getting real user insights. Traditionally, UX designers and Product Managers have relied on a combination of quantitative data and qualitative insights from focus groups and interviews.
Whether you want to test your user group's response to a new product or changes to modules or features within an existing product, as a product person you need to have a creative set of analytical skills and strategies for how to steer the group toward productive discussions.
Tremis Skeete talked about how focus groups can truly work well for you, and how you can organize, coordinate, and effectively lead focus group sessions.
The agile values and practices we all hold dear give us more than the ability to tackle problems associated with software development. They give us the ability to tackle Awesome Superproblems. These are problems that are bigger than what one person can solve alone and get worse through inaction. They require collaboration and foundation for action, even when the actions cannot be proven correct when they are enacted.
Despite their enormous challenge, when we make progress on solving Awesome Superproblems we find that new patterns that can be applied to solve classes of similar problems.
In this presentation, usually given as a conference keynote, I show the collaborative, social, and serious games that have their roots in the Agile Community have blossomed into multidimensional frameworks that are being used by agilists around the world to solve awesome superproblems. Without any special superpowers except a willingness to try.
Sharpest tool in the box: Choosoing the best authoring tool for your learning...Brightwave Group
From rapid and responsive, to video and cross-browser capability we demand great things from the authoring tools available to us. And there are many to choose from.
This presentation explores the key factors we recommend you consider when choosing an authoring tool. These vary according to environment and culture, to the needs of your learners and the objectives of the learning. Choosing the right authoring tool and ensuring it is based on your needs ensures your learning content is not simply fit for purpose, but meets the aims of your wider learning strategy.
This slide deck provides an overview of several advanced features in Weave, including anonymous play, prioritizing large lists and developing custom frameworks for large teams.
Sharpest tool in the box: Choosing the right authoring tool for your learning...Brightwave Group
From rapid and responsive, to video and cross-browser capability we, as learning professionals, demand great things from the authoring tools available to us. And there are many to choose from.
This session explored the key factors we recommend you consider when choosing an authoring tool. These vary according to environment and culture, to the needs of your learners and the objectives of the learning. Choosing the right authoring tool and ensuring it is based on your needs ensures your learning content is not simply fit for purpose, but meets the aims of your wider learning strategy. With plenty of examples from real courses and solutions, the session covered a list of questions you need to ask, and provided a framework to help guide you through the tool-selection process.
● Great expectations - why the right authoring tool is the foundation of quality learning content.
● Key considerations - the right questions to evaluate the range of tools and make the right decision.
● The future - what can we expect from the next generation of authoring tools?
This presentation was delivered by Konathan Archibald and Nick Eastha, on Thursday 29th January at Learning Technologuies 2015 exhibition
Improving WordPress Themes & Plugins Support DocumentationGloria Antonelli
Solid user support documentation of WordPress themes and plugins is key for Users Experience. Many WordPress theme and plugin developers have frustrated users. Users are digging through websites, forums and surfing the web for answers on how to setup, use or modify WordPress products.
Learn how to create an effective learning channel incorporating Information Architecture and User Experience techniques. Develop a blue print to organize your step by step guides, video tutorials, troubleshooting tips, FAQ, and forums for easy findability for both novices and pros. Points to address include reducing your user’s pain points and learning curve, the value of UI consistency, alternative concept map of information and a developer’s documentation check list before release.
Cisco has created a powerful and compelling Human-Centered Design process with dozens of useful frameworks (like Empathy Map, Rose-Bud-Thorn, Difficulty-Importance and so forth).
The challenge was that Cisco needed these frameworks to scale so that globally distributed teams could use common frameworks at scale. Cisco partnered with Conteneo for the solution - described in this deck.
Computer Applications for Managers Lumen Learning LynellBull52
This document provides an overview of basic computer terminology and concepts for computer users. It defines key terms like desktop, window, menu bar, taskbar, minimize and maximize. It explains how to identify the operating system on your computer and provides guidance on working with multiple windows by resizing them. The document aims to establish a foundational understanding of computer interfaces and navigation to help users complete basic tasks.
Managing feature requests and backlog is a challenge for any software development team faced with high expectations and limited time. This presentation shows how the team at Cognito Forms moves fast while transparently engaging with their customers to prioritize development. Through sophisticated use of Trello, the team tackles complex management challenges in a way that minimizes process overhead. The focus of this presentation though is not the tool, but the methodology they use to keep things going and keep their customers informed along the journey.
This is one of the training course that I conducted in 2016 before I started my company Lava X.
And I thought it will be great sharing it here with everyone.
The SlideShare presentation consists of the summary of the Design System 101 Workshop, as presented by UX Gorilla with Mayank Dhawan.
Link of the event: https://bit.ly/2RwN4RF
The workshop took place on December 01, 2018 at 91springboard, Jhandewalan Extension, New Delhi.
This event was for designers, developers or members of the product team to help them with a clear understanding and give them useful ideas to make better decisions, help their teams to save time so that they can do things they would enjoy.
This presentation is both a how-to as well as the material you need to prepare and host the Visualized Workflow workshop that Jeff describes in the Actionable Agile Tools book published by OikosofySeries.
You will find “Facilitator slides” which help you understand how to prepare and host each of the steps in the workshop.
You will also find the “Presentation slides”, which you can use directly in the workshop.
The document provides guidance for novice software testers on creating a portfolio to demonstrate their skills and experience to potential employers. It recommends including examples of bugs found, complex projects tested, and automation frameworks created. It suggests gaining experience by contributing to open source projects or crowdsourced testing websites, describing the process for finding a suitable project and submitting useful bug reports. The portfolio helps novice testers gain real-world experience to overcome the "beginner paradox" of needing experience to get a job.
This document outlines a presentation on teaching with technology given by Sushumna Rao on May 9th, 2020. The presentation covers e-learning models, the need for online learning tools during the pandemic, and how to use Zoom for online conferencing. Tips are provided on setting up a Zoom account, scheduling meetings, screen sharing, polling participants, and engaging learners. Best practices for online teaching etiquette and designing effective presentations are also discussed. The goal is to help faculty effectively conduct classes using Zoom.
The document summarizes Ryan Lou's masterclass workshop on redefining big ideas for startups. The workshop covers various techniques for validating ideas such as hitting the streets, using social media, setting up landing pages, conducting product pitches, and producing videos. It provides examples for how to effectively use these techniques, such as getting 90k retweets on social media or selling a product before it exists. The overall goal of the techniques discussed is to help entrepreneurs focus on learning which activities create value and validating ideas through customer feedback in the early stages of developing a startup.
The document discusses different templates in Adobe Connect that can be used to design virtual events. It describes three main templates - Training, Meeting, and Event. The Training template contains pods organized for different activities like a lobby, classroom, and analysis layout. The Meeting template focuses on sharing information, discussion, and collaboration. It contains sharing, discussion, and collaboration layouts. The Event template is suited for large events with multiple main attractions due to its roomy design.
The Recipe to Getting Attendees to Your Open Source Events Karen Vuong
The Recipe to Getting Attendees to your Open Source Events
With the growth of open source comes the need for more conferences, meetups and hackathons - you name it! These events give community members the opportunity to interact face-to-face to solve problems, come up with new ideas, or even just to chat and get to know each other better. But, the question is – how do we get developers, users and contributors from open source communities to these events? In this session, we’ll learn useful tips and best practices on how to get attendees to your open source conferences and meetups. Karen will go over a 3-step process; how to setup your events, how to promote the events and what to do after the events.
The Recipe to Getting Attendees to Your Open Source Events Karen Vuong
With the growth of open source comes the need for more conferences, meetups and hackathons - you name it! These events give community members the opportunity to interact face-to-face to solve problems, come up with new ideas, or even just to chat and get to know each other better. But, the question is – how do we get developers, users and contributors from open source communities to these events? In this session, we’ll learn useful tips and best practices on how to get attendees to your open source conferences and meetups. Karen will go over a 3-step process; how to setup your events, how to promote the events and what to do after the events.
How to Effectively Lead a Focus Group by nexTier Product ManagerProduct School
Talking to users can be challenging or intimidating, and running a focus group is one of those tasks which most Product Managers would say is essential in getting real user insights. Traditionally, UX designers and Product Managers have relied on a combination of quantitative data and qualitative insights from focus groups and interviews.
Whether you want to test your user group's response to a new product or changes to modules or features within an existing product, as a product person you need to have a creative set of analytical skills and strategies for how to steer the group toward productive discussions.
Tremis Skeete talked about how focus groups can truly work well for you, and how you can organize, coordinate, and effectively lead focus group sessions.
The agile values and practices we all hold dear give us more than the ability to tackle problems associated with software development. They give us the ability to tackle Awesome Superproblems. These are problems that are bigger than what one person can solve alone and get worse through inaction. They require collaboration and foundation for action, even when the actions cannot be proven correct when they are enacted.
Despite their enormous challenge, when we make progress on solving Awesome Superproblems we find that new patterns that can be applied to solve classes of similar problems.
In this presentation, usually given as a conference keynote, I show the collaborative, social, and serious games that have their roots in the Agile Community have blossomed into multidimensional frameworks that are being used by agilists around the world to solve awesome superproblems. Without any special superpowers except a willingness to try.
Agile New Zealand Keynote: Agile Being vs. Doing AgileLuke Hohmann
This is the slide deck from my Agile New Zealand 2017 keynote.
The Agile Community loves to talk about 'leadership' and how better 'leaders' can bring project success. And most of the popular Agile methods love to frame 'leadership' as the essential ingredient of success. Unfortunately, too many teams spend too much time discussing these topics without fully appreciating their deeper meanings. In this keynote you'll be able to explore what this means for you and your team - and you might find yourself ditching "leader" and "manager" in favor of "agilist".
2017 San Jose, CA Zero-Based Budgeting ResultsLuke Hohmann
On 28-Jan-2017, San José, CA implemented another round of Citywide Participatory Budgeting. This implementation used a Zero-Based Budgeting format based on the Innovation Game® Buy a Feature along with soliciting fresh ideas on how to improve neighborhoods using the Innovation Game® Prune the Product Tree. Every Voice Engaged Foundation produced the event which was superbly facilitated by dozens of pro-bono facilitators.
How to Prioritize Grants in a Corporate Social Responsibility ProgramLuke Hohmann
When working with a large customer on prioritizing their product development portfolio we found that their Corporate Social Responsibility team was also facing a significant challenges in getting their employees engaged in selecting potential program grants. This deck shows how you can easily adapt the Innovation Game Buy a Feature, powered via the online collaboration engine Decision Engine, to engage ALL of your employees in selecting projects for funding in your CSR portfolio.
Scrum Alliance Collaboration at Scale Webinar: Agile RoadmappingLuke Hohmann
Our 2016-Sep Collaboration at Scale Webinar focused on Agile Roadmapping. In this deck you'll find motivations and reasons for why a team should roadmap, an exploration of typical roadmap failures, how to fit roadmapping into Scrum, the best known format and structure for Market-Driven Agile Roadmapping from my book "Beyond Software Architecture" and an overview of how to create a roadmap using online and in-person collaboration frameworks.
This presentation presents a simple and direct model for Agile Portfolio Management based on four key concepts:
1. The type of work you're doing.
2. The portfolio governance model.
3. The project governance model (the shape of the project).
4. The size / number of Agile teams.
The deck presents simple, scalable, effective approaches to Agile Portfolio Management that are lighter than most Agile methods and are supported by Conteneo's Collaboration Frameworks. This deck also directly supports Conteneo's Strategy-Glue-Tactics framework for effective Agile Product Management.
CXPA 2016 Keynote: Designing for Collaboration and DeliberationLuke Hohmann
In this 2016 CXPA (www.cxpa.org) keynote, Conteneo founder and CEO Luke Hohmann explores the many factors that distinguish designing for collaboration and deliberation from designing for communication, coordination or other forms of solo tasks. Sadly, SlideShare doesn't enable you to experience the interactive frameworks Luke used to illustrate these points - but you can see these at the end of the presentation.
This is a deck prepared for Every Voice Engaged Foundation Facilitators and Conteneo Certified Collaboration Architects to teach them how to implement the allocation of funds in Participatory Budgeting programs using the Budget Allocator version of the Conteneo Decision Engine.
IIBA Columbus 2015 Keynote by Luke HohmannLuke Hohmann
Here is a copy of the highly interactive keynote I gave at the IIBA Columbus meeting. The keynote was VERY light on slides and VERY HEAVY on collaborative gaming. We played a number of games to illustrate how amazing products and services are created through games like Cover Story, Product Box, Spider Web and Buy A Feature.
This document summarizes a project conducted by Enthiosys, Inc. to solicit ideas from Scrum Alliance members on how to improve services and prioritize projects. Members generated over 100 potential ideas through facilitated games. Ideas were organized into projects and members participated in additional games to prioritize projects. The top prioritized projects included developing Scrum practitioner content and an innovation platform. The Scrum Alliance board will review the results to guide future project decisions and provide status updates to members.
Using Product Box to Build the Complete DeveloperLuke Hohmann
In 2006 I was asked to give the keynote at the Better Software Conference on "The Complete Developer". It was a perfect opportunity to use the Innovation Game® Product Box to with senior leaders of Silicon Valley Companies like Google and EMC to identify the three core sets of attributes that they consider most valuable in a developer: technical competence, customer driven and business acumen.
A Pattern Language for Strategic Product RoadmappingLuke Hohmann
Here is the pattern language for developing a market driven product roadmap from my book "Beyond Software Architecture". You can use this format in conjunction with the Innovation Game® Prune the Product Tree to create great Product Roadmaps.
Establishing Release Quality Levels and Release Acceptance TestsLuke Hohmann
This presentation introduces the critically important concept of release quality levels: predefined measures of quality that an Agile team can hit. It draws from Jim Highsmith's excellent work on the danger of low intrinsic quality. It includes examples of release quality levels established used by VeriSign in their Agile processes.
SXSW 2012: Fixing Broke(n) Government Through Serious GamesLuke Hohmann
This presentation describes how we produced a serious of games that enabled the citizens of San José, CA to directly prioritize key budget issues in a way that allowed their elected officials to act on the results.
Why Buy a Feature is GREAT at Prioritizing FeaturesLuke Hohmann
This document discusses using an online game called "Buy a Feature" to prioritize product features through customer engagement. Players are given a virtual budget to purchase proposed features, collaborating and providing feedback. Results identify the most important features and reasons why, based on purchases and chat discussions. The game approach solves problems with traditional prioritization methods by leveraging many customer perspectives simultaneously in an enjoyable way.
Leveraging Distributed Tools with Agile TeamsLuke Hohmann
The document summarizes how collaborative tools and games can help distributed teams overcome challenges and effectively collaborate. It describes collaborative prioritization games like Prune the Product Tree and Buy a Feature that bring stakeholders together to visualize relationships between ideas and prioritize product backlogs and projects. These games capture rich qualitative data on priorities, tradeoffs, and collective needs to inform roadmaps and decision making.
How To Prioritize a Portfolio Using Innovation GamesLuke Hohmann
This document outlines a process for prioritizing a project portfolio using online games called Innovation Games. It involves gathering all potential projects, removing obvious non-starters, splitting projects into "run the business" and new projects. Projects are prepared for prioritization games. Games are used to prioritize the projects and confirm resource requirements match priorities. Case studies from Cisco, HP, and VeriSign show benefits include engaging global teams, reducing risk, and having fun.
Introducing Crescat - Event Management Software for Venues, Festivals and Eve...Crescat
Crescat is industry-trusted event management software, built by event professionals for event professionals. Founded in 2017, we have three key products tailored for the live event industry.
Crescat Event for concert promoters and event agencies. Crescat Venue for music venues, conference centers, wedding venues, concert halls and more. And Crescat Festival for festivals, conferences and complex events.
With a wide range of popular features such as event scheduling, shift management, volunteer and crew coordination, artist booking and much more, Crescat is designed for customisation and ease-of-use.
Over 125,000 events have been planned in Crescat and with hundreds of customers of all shapes and sizes, from boutique event agencies through to international concert promoters, Crescat is rigged for success. What's more, we highly value feedback from our users and we are constantly improving our software with updates, new features and improvements.
If you plan events, run a venue or produce festivals and you're looking for ways to make your life easier, then we have a solution for you. Try our software for free or schedule a no-obligation demo with one of our product specialists today at crescat.io
Takashi Kobayashi and Hironori Washizaki, "SWEBOK Guide and Future of SE Education," First International Symposium on the Future of Software Engineering (FUSE), June 3-6, 2024, Okinawa, Japan
Software Engineering, Software Consulting, Tech Lead, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Core, Spring JDBC, Spring Transaction, Spring MVC, OpenShift Cloud Platform, Kafka, REST, SOAP, LLD & HLD.
Mobile App Development Company In Noida | Drona InfotechDrona Infotech
Looking for a reliable mobile app development company in Noida? Look no further than Drona Infotech. We specialize in creating customized apps for your business needs.
Visit Us For : https://www.dronainfotech.com/mobile-application-development/
OpenMetadata Community Meeting - 5th June 2024OpenMetadata
The OpenMetadata Community Meeting was held on June 5th, 2024. In this meeting, we discussed about the data quality capabilities that are integrated with the Incident Manager, providing a complete solution to handle your data observability needs. Watch the end-to-end demo of the data quality features.
* How to run your own data quality framework
* What is the performance impact of running data quality frameworks
* How to run the test cases in your own ETL pipelines
* How the Incident Manager is integrated
* Get notified with alerts when test cases fail
Watch the meeting recording here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbNOje0kf6E
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Could you use a simple piece of Scala validation code (granted, a very simplistic one too!) that you can rewrite, now and again, to refresh your basic understanding of Applicative operators <*>, <*, *>?
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2. Objectives
As a Producer and/or Facilitator using the
Conteneo Weave Idea Engine
I want to plan, facilitate and post-process
visual collaboration framework forums
so that I can build product roadmaps,
identify improvement opportunities,
improve planning, implement strategy
and all sorts of other cool stuff!
3. Agenda
• Visual Collaboration Frameworks
• Framework and Forum Basics
• Let’s engage a quick forum
• Creating your Forum
• Using existing Frameworks
• Modifying existing Frameworks
• Custom Visual Collaboration Frameworks
• Scheduling a Forum
• Running a Forum
• Analyzing the Results
• Custom Images
• Organizing your Forums
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5. Idea Engine
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Idea Engine enables organizations to
use the power of visual metaphors
and visual thinking to structure
collaboration.
Plan Growth Product Portfolio Roadmapping Improve Processes
SpeedboatPrune the Product Tree Roadmap Canvas
6. Visual Metaphor Frameworks
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Speed Boat Prune the Future
Speed Plane
Visual metaphor frameworks use
metaphors to guide participants.
Speed Boat: Identify issues to products
or services by identifying what slows it
down.
Prune the Future: How should a
company, product or service grow or
evolve over time?
Race Car
7. Visual Planning Frameworks
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Impact-Effort Planning Wall
Visual Planning frameworks help teams plan projects and organize
portfolios.
Impact-Effort: Organize a project or a story based on value and effort.
How-Now-Wow: Identify the WOW projects in your portfolio.
Gamestorming
How-Now-Wow Matrix
8. Retrospective Frameworks
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Visual Retrospective frameworks guide
teams in their retrospectives.
Circles and Soup: Identify the scope of
control for teams.
Actions for Retrospectives: Organize
the content of your retrospectivesDiana Larsen’s
Circles and Soup
Speed Boat
Nick Oostvogel’s
Actions for
Retrospectives
9. Visual Strategy Frameworks
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Innovation Ambition
Matrix
Harvard Business Review
http://hbr.org/2012/05/managing-
your-innovation-portfolio/ar/1
Visual strategy frameworks capture well-
known decision-making techniques in a
scalable, online format.
Innovation Ambition Matrix: How a company or
division can manage their innovation portfolio.
Sweet Spot of Strategy: How to identify opportunities
for strategic advantage.
Empathy Map: Build empathy for your customers.Xplane Empathy Map
Sweet Spot
of Strategy
Harvard Business Review
http://hbr.org/2008/04/can-you-say-
what-your-strategy-is/ar/1
12. Experiencing this as a participant
• If you’re logged in, please log out.
• Join the Forum:
Go to https://conteneo.co
Click “Join a Forum” in the upper right
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Let’s find out
what you
love at work!
13. Four Ways to Create Frameworks
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1. Use an existing Framework “out of the box”
2. Clone and modify an existing framework.
3.Save the results of a forum as a new framework.
4. Start from scratch with a custom image.
15. Using an Existing Framework
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Search for a Framework (like
Prune the Product Tree)
Choose a
Framework
16. Click here to view your options
Click to view
Framework Info
Click to Start your
Forum
Using an existing Framework
17. 17
Excel Activity
Download & Image
Download
iPad (Touch) Friendly
Pan & Zoom
Adjust the number
of items available
Add or Remove items
from the Item Palette
Edit Items
Change the
Item Type
Using an existing Framework
28. Creating a Product Roadmap
You’re a product manager for TravelCo, a supplier of
travel and expense management software for large
companies.
You’re getting ready to update your product
roadmap and you’d like to solicit ideas from your
sales team, your developers, and some key
customers using a tailored Prune the Product Tree.
29. Creating a Visual Collaboration Framework
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Create a Project
Enter the name and description.
Create a new Idea Engine Framework
Ready to Play!
Create Forums
Select the background image.
Select the items images.
Define layers and regions.
Place any initial items.
You should do this at least once on
paper to prepare your work.
Then do it again online .
30. Activity:
Creating Your First Visual Framework
We’ll review the entire process.
You’ll prepare using paper.
When ready, you’ll create this online.
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31. Doing it On Paper
• Materials
• Trees & Stickies: These are your framework board.
• Transparencies: These represent layers.
• Erasable markers: These represent regions.
• Process
1. Grab a tree and place a few stickies on it. This
represents your initial framework board.
2. Identify how you want to capture information on the
placement of items. These represent layers and
regions.
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32. Create your own Framework
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Click the Frameworks Tab
Choose the Type
of Framework
you’d like to
create
Click the plus
button
33. Step 1: Set Attributes
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The central question is
shown to the participants
during the forum.
There is NO “Save”
button – all work is
automatically saved! Name your Framework
35. Step 3 (a): Define Regions
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You can draw free-form regions or squares.
More shapes are coming ;-).
Every time you click your mouse or tap your
tablet you get a point.
You can move points to create any shape.
Click here
to finish
36. Step 3 (b): Name Your Regions
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Regions are used to capture the
placement of the items in
semantically meaningful ways.
In the case of a framework designed
for roadmapping, we might want to
know which items should be done
“Sooner” and which should be done
“Later”.
We’ll call our first region “Sooner”.
38. Step 4 (a): Select Item Types
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Click +Add…
Select your
items…
Confirm the
number of
items you want
participants to
have
Click Done
39. Step 4 (b): Add Initial Items
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Drag items onto
the framework.
Notice the
system tracks the
placement of the
items. Hint: A roadmap is likely to
have some initial items!
40. You’re Ready!
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You can start the forum directly or
Leave the Editor to schedule a
future forum
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Once you Leave the Editor, Click the
Calendar to Schedule your Forum
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Step 5(a): Schedule your Forum
Specify the name of your Forum
and when you want it to start
You can facilitate the forum or you
can specify a third-party facilitator
Specify the guest list
Specify when
the lobby opens
Specify the duration
Specify the Access level
for your guests
Click Schedule
Forum
Third party
facilitators must
have accounts
The forum will run until stopped by
the Facilitator or the Producer.
Yes, a forum could run for weeks!
The forum stops when time runs out.
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Step 5(a): Schedule your Forum
Specify the name of your Forum
and when you want it to start
You can facilitate the forum or you
can specify a third-party facilitator
Specify the guest list
Specify when
the lobby opens
Specify the duration
Specify the Access level
for your guests
Click Schedule
Forum
Third party
facilitators must
have accounts
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Copy & Paste the notification message to
your participants or create an email draft:
Start, Edit, or Cancel
Step 5(b): Schedule your Forum
Update Guest List
48. Forum Entry Flow
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Participants who match
Guest list criteria are placed
into the lobby, a gathering
area before the forum.
Participants request entry to
the forum by entering their
credentials into the “front
door” of the Lobby
51. Facilitator Goals / Jobs
• Manage the lobby and the participants
• Explains the rules of engagement
• Promote negotiations that lead to actionable
insights
• Ensure the forum ends on time
• Maintain neutrality
• General guidelines:
• no right or wrong answers
• designed to provide insight, not answers
• a conversation – ideally, everyone participates
52. Facilitation Guidelines
• Avoid making any promises on priorities.
• Avoid commitments to specific features / projects /
deliverables.
• Never talk negatively about your product or your
competitor’s products.
• Never say “That should be easy”. It sets expectations
too high and can kill any negotiation opportunities.
• Never say “That is too hard”. It can prematurely stop
conversation about what the customer really wants
and ways to achieve this. Besides, hard money
53. Sample Script (More in the Online Help)
Thank you and welcome to the forum.
My name is Luke Hohmann, and I’ll be your facilitator.
We’re going to be using Prune the Product Tree to help the Agile Alliance create a
better conference.
When we start the forum, you’ll see a main window with a tree and some icons of
nice red apples, icky rotten apples, and nice presents to the upper right.
The goal of this forum is to help us understand the kinds of benefits you wanted to
receive at the Agile conference.
Red Apples are benefits you expected - and got!
Rotten Apples are benefits that you expected - but didn't get.
Presents are unexpected benefits that made the conference great.
Your job is to place these items on the tree where you and others think they should
be placed.
Since everyone shares the same set of items, you will need to collaborate with your
fellow participants.
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Start warmly. Be Authentic!
Outline the forum’s purpose.
Provide an overview
of the user interface.
Explain how to participate.
Emphasize collaboration.
Explain the items
and their meaning.
54. Sample Script (More in the Online Help)
You’ll find that the tree has some initial apples to help get you started.
You can move these around to where you like them.
You can even delete them by moving them off the shared visual space.
To give you feedback on where the items are placed, we have created some layers
and regions.
These are initially hidden, but you can see the layers and regions by clicking on the
layers and regions tab in the upper right during the forum.
I’d like to call your attention the three layers. These are as follows.
Layer: Where? This layer captures where you obtained a benefit. It has two regions,
or places for items: “At the Conference” and “At Work”.
Layer: Kind of Benefit? This layer captures the two main kinds of benefits that you
received from the conference: personal benefits and professional benefits.
Layer: Conference Infrastructure? This layer will help us understand what you felt
about the conference infrastructure, both before and after the conference.
My job is to answer your questions and help move things along.
We’ll start as soon as more participants arrive.
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Tell them about
any initial items.
Let them know
this is a shared space.
Provide an overview of the
framework’s layers & regions.
Remind them
you’re here to help!
57. Analyzing Results
Forum results are
downloaded into Excel
for post processing.
1. Analyze for patterns
and trends
2. Identify specific
actions
3. Prepare for additional
forums.
We will show you how to create forums
that make post-processing results fast
and efficient.
Prune the Future Trees from a
project Conteneo produced
for the Scrum Alliance.
58. Sample Apples (Ideas) from Scrum Alliance
Item Name Item Description Time? Theme?
Collaborate with other
compatible organizations.
Agile Alliance/ APLN / PMI / and others.
How can we increase the successful
adoption of Scrum and other Agile
practices? 2010
Other Growth
Opportunities
Business Mgmt of
CST/CSC Growth
How is the SA managing, if at all, the
number of CSTs and CSCs against market
demand? 2010 Reach of Scrum
Consistent message from
SA on CSM exam
We need a consistent message from the
SA on the CSM exam. There is still "churn"
going on 2010 Certifications
Emphasize CSP
We want the SA to continue to emphasize
CSPs. 2010 Certifications
Fiscal Transparency
Easy way to view and comment on the use
of SA monies. 2010 Personal Benefits
PMI connection
Continue to expand the Scrum connection
to PMI. Formalize relationship between SA
and PMI 2010 Reach of Scrum
Regular input from
members Essentially don't make this a one-off 2010
Other Growth
Opportunities
59. Example of Processed Items
Category Item Name
Included in This
Buy a Feature Project Why Not Included?
Relationships
Collaborate with other
compatible
organizations.
Agile Community
Relations
Certifications
Business Mgmt of
CST/CSC Growth
CST Standards and
Assessments
Certifications
Consistent message
from SA on CSM exam
This a current project. The Board will
provide updates.
Certifications Emphasize CSP
Scrum Practitioner
Content
Board Policy Fiscal Transparency
The Board is already exploring ways to
improve fiscal transparency.
Relationships PMI connection Agile Community Relations
Board Policy
Regular input from
members
The Board will evaluate this project
and determine how to continue to
gather SA member feedback.
62. Example
Class Activity
Build a Speed Boat framework that has at least two
Region Groups, 20 propellers & 40 anchors.
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Region Group: Workflow?
Regions: Planning
Processing
Disbursements
Planning
Processing
Disbursements
Region Group: How Good?
Regions: Really Good
Good
Region Group: How Bad?
Regions: Somewhat Bad
Bad
Really Bad
Really Good
Good
Note: the region for
“Really Good” overlays
the boat.
Somewhat Bad
Bad
Really Bad
63. System Design Question
Once a specific framework has been engaged as a
forum that specific framework is “locked” and
cannot be edited.
Why?
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64. System Design Question
Once a specific framework has been engaged as a
forum, certain aspects can be edited “in flight” to
allow the facilitator to have more flexibility:
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EDITABLE LOCKED
Item Palette
- Add and remove items
- Edit the number available
Guest List
Regions
Forum ID
Facilitator
Duration
Framework Image
Central Question
68. Strategies for Creating Images
• Create the image in PowerPoint or drawing tool
like SnagIt.
• Sketch the image and then photograph it
or scan it. Resize the result.
• Use clipart. You are responsible for confirming
the rights to use the image.
• Ask a friend or someone with artistic skills.
• Hire Conteneo. We’ll make sure you get all of the
images you need.
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69. Create Image in PowerPoint
Create the image
in PowerPoint and
then make a
screen snapshot.
Create Layers and
Regions that
match key parts of
your image.
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5
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2
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Ideas?
Holding pit for stuff…
70. Sketch and Scan
Sketch the image
and then photograph it
or scan it. Resize the result.
Create Layers and Regions
that match key parts of
your image.
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71. Use Clipart / Ask a Friend
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Find an image you
like in a Clipart
library.
Create Layers and
Regions that
match key parts of
your image.
72. Hire Conteneo
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We will find artists
that create exactly
what you need!
Create Layers and
Regions that
match key parts of
your image. Supermarket Control Systems