28 Hours Later

Presented by me at Springup.co, in Belfast on 21st April 2012

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1. HOW WE’D DO IT
2. Managing Director at Rumble Labs Simon Hamilton
3. is a Web Software & Experience Design laboratory in Belfast, Northern Ireland http://rumblelabs.com @rumblelabs
4. Quick Reality Check
5. • What is the problem you are solving? • Elevator Pitch? • Value Proposition? • Is it achievable in 28 hours? • Do you have a Plan? Are you ready?
6. Process
7. DEMO PLAN 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 CREATE Beta Alpha Demo 28 hours later Start t-28 hours Demo 2 3 25 26 27 28 Spec Wireframing Iterative Building Review/Test Practice Demo Energy
9. High Level Specification • Overview of the solution to problem you’re solving • Outline 5-10 bullets describing key deliverables (Epics) • Domain Model the components at play in your App • Features/User Stories just enough to get you going
10. Spec > Domain Model Users Roles Accounts Projects Stages Pages Notes Replies onotate.com example
11. Spec > Features/User Stories e.g. • A User should be able to click a signup link on the home page and redirect to the Signup Page • A User should be able to Sign up and create an Account with their Email address and a chosen Subdomain • A User can have many roles within an Account such as... • When an Account Owner logs in for the first time, the should see a clear message explaining how to create their first Project onotate.com example
12. Pivotal Tracker onotate.com example
13. DEMO PLAN 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 CREATE Beta Alpha Demo 28 hours later Start t-28 hours Demo 2 3 25 26 27 28 Spec Wireframing Iterative Building Review/Test Practice Demo Energy
14. quick + iterative = productive DON’T OPEN ANY ADOBE PRODUCTS YOU DON’T HAVE TIME! Wireframing/Paper prototyping
15. DEMO PLAN 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 CREATE Beta Alpha Demo 28 hours later Start t-28 hours Demo 2 3 25 26 27 28 Spec Wireframing Iterative Building Review/Test Practice Demo Energy
16. Iterative Building Productivity is key Focus on the task at hand DON’T FAFF!
17. Iterative Building Take shortcuts Optimise for delivery, not empty assumptions
18. Iterative Building Create big Stories/Epics and break them down helps ensure you’ve understood the problem and identified big areas of work
19. Iterative Building Constant communication Use HipChat to Aggregate Stories, Commits and all project activity
20. Iterative Building Review regularly Short meetings with defined outcomes
21. DEMO PLAN 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 CREATE Beta Alpha Demo 28 hours later Start t-28 hours Demo 2 3 25 26 27 28 Spec Wireframing Iterative Building Review/Test Practice Demo Energy
22. Test / Polish / Practice Get some outsider feedback Use each other Practice the demo
23. DEMO PLAN 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 CREATE Beta Alpha Demo 28 hours later Start t-28 hours Demo 2 3 25 26 27 28 Spec Wireframing Iterative Building Review/Test Practice Demo Energy
26. @hamstarr Thanks & Good luck! http://rumblelabs.com https://github.com/ https://www.pivotaltracker.com http://www.hipchat.com http://speakerdeck.com/u/davidjrice/p/productivity-fu http://belfastruby.com Links