Fluid Academic team retrospective Wed, April 15 8 am PDT /11 am EDT / 4 pm GMT / 5 pm CEST

Jess Mitchell jess at jessmitchell.com
Fri Apr 3 20:46:42 UTC 2009


This retrospective replaces the April 7th one that was originally  
scheduled.  The Google Calendar reflects this.

So, no retrospective on the 7th -- a retrospective on the 15th instead.

Best,
Jess

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Jess Mitchell
Boston, MA, USA
Project Manager / Fluid Project
jess at jessmitchell.com
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jabber: jessmitchell at gmail.com
http://www.fluidproject.org
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On Apr 2, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Jess Mitchell wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I've put on the Google Team Calendar a Retrospective planned for  
> Wednesday, April 15th starting at  8 am PDT /11 am EDT / 4 pm GMT /  
> 5 pm CEST in Adobe Connect and lasting an hour and a 1/2.  We can do  
> a quick standup and then go straight into the retrospective.
>
> Michelle had a really great idea for how we could structure this:   
> How about we get our pairs of 2 together (our paired designers and  
> developers) per component and we spend the retrospective hearing the  
> "how the component came about" stories.  This is reflection time  
> folks!
>
> I would ask that the pairs get together before the retrospective to  
> talk through how you'll tell your story and I'll also recommend you  
> not only walk us through the life of the component, but you also  
> talk about any issues, gotchas, or rethinking that had to go on.   
> This is storytelling, but please plan to keep your component stories  
> to 15 minutes or less.
>
> Consider this an exercise in articulating what we've been up to,  
> what processes we've used, and how we've overcome issues along the  
> way to produce a component.  This "thought experiment" may prove  
> useful to you in the future... it is a lot like the presentation  
> that Antranig, Gary, and Jen Bourey from the uPortal community gave  
> at Jasig Dallas.  It was an amazing demonstration of how something  
> grew out of a definition of a perceived problem and is now so  
> important to a community.  Spend some time putting your stories  
> together and even consider "documenting" them in a presentation  
> format...
>
> Inspiring.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
>
> Thanks y'all,
> Jess
>
>
>
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> Jess Mitchell
> Boston, MA, USA
> Project Manager / Fluid Project
> jess at jessmitchell.com
> / w / 617.326.7753  / c / 919.599.5378
> jabber: jessmitchell at gmail.com
> http://www.fluidproject.org
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