Monday, July 9, 2012

And standups will be weekly to avoid wasted time walking...

Management would like to take an Agile approach, so we'll be colocating you with the rest of the team across the first three floors.
A little more frightening is when you hear, we're colocating, but there will be teams colocated in several regional offices working on contained aspects of functionality that we'll bring together toward the end of the project.  And of course, this Snarky is amusing on several levels as it's not the developer choosing to go Agile, it's the manager or project manager, and s/he is even dictating the aspects of Agile that will be used.

Out at Agile Game Development, there's an article on good co-location spaces.  That second item in the bulleted list is a tough one for some companies, particularly when space gets tight, or they have a history of smaller cubes and tight schedules for meeting rooms.  And I'd add, although I can't attest to having done it myself, Is there a space to just hang with a few team members and relax?

  • Is there enough wall space for your task board, information radiators and white boards? You can never have enough space for white-boards! 
  • Is there enough “slack” in the space so that people can occasionally pair up at a computer? For example, can a programmer sit with an artist to discuss a problem? 
  • Is there space for meetings, such as the daily stand-up or a play-through? 
  • Is there a dev station available to conduct a team play-through on? 
  • Is the room “off the beaten path”? A lot of traffic from outside the team in the area can be disruptive.
  • Are there local private areas? 

Title: And standups will be weekly to avoid wasted time walking...
Snrky: Management would like to take an Agile approach, so we'll be colocating you with the rest of the team across the first three floors.

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