Comments on: Sharing your task board across the globe http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/ Software development done right! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: trris http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-97303 trris Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:18:14 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-97303 no perfect solution currently exists.. but there are smarter ways to do that.. this seems totally unusable. needing a VPN client to check someone's todo...? I guess you need to call the person to ask him/her to stop working and show his/her desktop ? best guess : a shared google spreadsheet. 1 line=1 task. 1 column=1 person. order=priority. no perfect solution currently exists.. but there are smarter ways to do that.. this seems totally unusable. needing a VPN client to check someone’s todo…? I guess you need to call the person to ask him/her to stop working and show his/her desktop ?

best guess : a shared google spreadsheet. 1 line=1 task. 1 column=1 person. order=priority.

]]> By: Vernon http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-94195 Vernon Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:25:39 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-94195 Hey Serge, I do almost the same thing, except I use BumpTop and use one of my walls and the BumpTop stickies. Works very well, and even solves Gerard's problem of wanting to keep a picture of the kids up. I also use it only for personal projects, not Team projects. Team projects need Big Visible Charts. Disclosure: I'm not associated with BumpTop, just a happy customer. Hey Serge, I do almost the same thing, except I use BumpTop and use one of my walls and the BumpTop stickies. Works very well, and even solves Gerard’s problem of wanting to keep a picture of the kids up. I also use it only for personal projects, not Team projects. Team projects need Big Visible Charts.

Disclosure: I’m not associated with BumpTop, just a happy customer.

]]> By: Mary http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-20289 Mary Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:06:38 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-20289 This is a good idea! Not only for a - distributed- team but for individuals as well. Because some people have 3 ideas a day, can't get all their planned work done and add these to their 'to do' list and never come to realise or evaluate them. So, in the high section they could stick the important and urgent things to do which they have to do almost immediately. Usually this has to do with people and relations. In the med section they could stick the urgent but not important things to do and make space in their agenda or delegate. In the low section they stick the important but ot urgent things and plan these. In the parking lot they stick the not important and not urgent things or delete them/rename this section into 'trashcan'. When going through your almost endless 'to do' list you will come across ideas you had three times already and were noted as many times as you had the ideas. You prioritise. I can almost guarantee that this helps. Tools are not really my cup of tea but thank you very much for this! This is a good idea! Not only for a – distributed- team but for individuals as well. Because some people have 3 ideas a day, can’t get all their planned work done and add these to their ‘to do’ list and never come to realise or evaluate them.
So, in the high section they could stick the important and urgent things to do which they have to do almost immediately. Usually this has to do with people and relations.
In the med section they could stick the urgent but not important things to do and make space in their agenda or delegate.
In the low section they stick the important but ot urgent things and plan these.
In the parking lot they stick the not important and not urgent things or delete them/rename this section into ‘trashcan’. When going through your almost endless ‘to do’ list you will come across ideas you had three times already and were noted as many times as you had the ideas. You prioritise.
I can almost guarantee that this helps.
Tools are not really my cup of tea but thank you very much for this!

]]> By: Machiel Groeneveld http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-20257 Machiel Groeneveld Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:52:15 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-20257 It's great for working with distributed teams. I see this as a nice addition to the physical white boards. This cannot replace the openness and honesty of big visible charts, having the chart visible all day can also help the team keep focus on the sprint goal and increase the sense of urgency when the end of sprint is near. It’s great for working with distributed teams. I see this as a nice addition to the physical white boards. This cannot replace the openness and honesty of big visible charts, having the chart visible all day can also help the team keep focus on the sprint goal and increase the sense of urgency when the end of sprint is near.

]]> By: Lars Vonk http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-20199 Lars Vonk Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:00:42 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-20199 Nice idea Serge. Simple and cheap. Some sticky apps for linux users: tomboy notes, xpad. Nice idea Serge. Simple and cheap. Some sticky apps for linux users: tomboy notes, xpad.

]]> By: Gerard Janssen http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-20143 Gerard Janssen Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:06:33 +0000 http://blog.xebia.com/2007/10/18/sharing-your-task-board-across-the-globe/#comment-20143 That is a nice idea! Although the idea of replacing the background picture of ones kids with this boring black gradient might not appeal to everybody :) However, as a way of visualizing you backlog this actually might work. Personally I'm more of a tool lover than you are I guess, but I see potential to link this to your requirements / issue administration tool. It is not so much about tools or anything, but about being able to get a quick overview on the status of the project or iteration. And this really helps on that part. Oh, by the way, I'm also the kind of guy that keeps his desktop as clean and empty as possible. Not even icons on it. That is a nice idea! Although the idea of replacing the background picture of ones kids with this boring black gradient might not appeal to everybody :)
However, as a way of visualizing you backlog this actually might work. Personally I’m more of a tool lover than you are I guess, but I see potential to link this to your requirements / issue administration tool. It is not so much about tools or anything, but about being able to get a quick overview on the status of the project or iteration. And this really helps on that part.

Oh, by the way, I’m also the kind of guy that keeps his desktop as clean and empty as possible. Not even icons on it.

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