Comments on: Distributed Retrospective http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/06/07/distributed-retrospective/ Thoughts on Agile software development, facilitation, communication, and relationships in the personal and professional worlds, from Steven "Doc" List Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deborah Hartmann Preuss http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/06/07/distributed-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-4095 Deborah Hartmann Preuss Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:44:51 +0000 http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/?p=440#comment-4095 Oh, and I just spotted this one: graphics, has free and paid versions. https://www.dabbleboard.com deb Oh, and I just spotted this one: graphics, has free and paid versions.
https://www.dabbleboard.com

deb

]]> By: Deborah Hartmann Preuss http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/06/07/distributed-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-4094 Deborah Hartmann Preuss Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:38:33 +0000 http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/?p=440#comment-4094 Have you seen these whiteboard apps? Require no login. On the other hand, not entirely without flaws. Both allow multiple users to manipulate in real time. I suggest you should test them with multiple users before using for a real event, and have a backup available in case they crap out. Text in "stickies" or text boxes on white background http://www.whiteboardwiki.org/ Text in "stickies" on corkboard background http://corkboard.me/ I am still figuring out what works and what doesn't, too. :-) deb Have you seen these whiteboard apps? Require no login. On the other hand, not entirely without flaws. Both allow multiple users to manipulate in real time. I suggest you should test them with multiple users before using for a real event, and have a backup available in case they crap out.

Text in “stickies” or text boxes on white background
http://www.whiteboardwiki.org/

Text in “stickies” on corkboard background
http://corkboard.me/

I am still figuring out what works and what doesn’t, too. :-)
deb

]]> By: Chirag http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/06/07/distributed-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-1463 Chirag Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:17:39 +0000 http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/?p=440#comment-1463 Hi Doc, This is Chirag from Pune. How are you doing ? How did you experiment with mingle for distributed retros go ? A few of us in the Pune ThoughtWorks office created a tool to fill this specific gap. You may give it a spin at http://retro.play.railsplayground.net/ Chirag Hi Doc,

This is Chirag from Pune. How are you doing ?
How did you experiment with mingle for distributed retros go ?

A few of us in the Pune ThoughtWorks office created a tool to fill this specific gap. You may give it a spin at http://retro.play.railsplayground.net/

Chirag

]]> By: Brooke Denny http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/06/07/distributed-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 Brooke Denny Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:26:05 +0000 http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/?p=440#comment-1169 Great, thanks. I'm already in touch with Patrick Kua, but if you know of anyone else who's doing this, that'd be great. Great, thanks. I’m already in touch with Patrick Kua, but if you know of anyone else who’s doing this, that’d be great.

]]> By: Doc http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/06/07/distributed-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Doc Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:54 +0000 http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/?p=440#comment-1168 I have not. Quite a number of my colleagues at ThoughtWorks have, however, and I'd be happy to connect you to them if you'd like. I have not. Quite a number of my colleagues at ThoughtWorks have, however, and I’d be happy to connect you to them if you’d like.

]]> By: Brooke Denny http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/06/07/distributed-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Brooke Denny Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:31:24 +0000 http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/?p=440#comment-1167 Hi, Have you facilitated any more distributed retrospectives since this one? Did you find any other tools to help you? I'd be interested in hearing any ideas for reducing the pain of trying to run retrospectives over video conference. ~Brooke Hi,

Have you facilitated any more distributed retrospectives since this one? Did you find any other tools to help you? I’d be interested in hearing any ideas for reducing the pain of trying to run retrospectives over video conference.

~Brooke

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