Comments on: Agile planning tools.. paper or ‘plastic’? http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2008/02/on-agile-planni/ Running commentary about agile development, user experience design and Ajax. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:39:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: John http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2008/02/on-agile-planni/#comment-100 John Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:10:55 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=85#comment-100 <p>I think it works best to think of the online 'tool' as an extension of internal practices. If your team doesn't communicate and collaborate well offline, it won't help to throw them into an online environment. At my company, we rely heavily on whiteboards, post it notes, quick review meetings to get everyone aligned, and lots of paper and ticonderogas for sketching out design ideas. </p> <p>We never did find a tool that felt 'natural' (this was many years ago when there were fewer options), so we rolled our own to meet the workflow needs of a busy web development shop. Check out Intervals, as you might find your needs similar to our own.</p> <p><a href="http://www.myintervals.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.myintervals.com</a></p> I think it works best to think of the online ‘tool’ as an extension of internal practices. If your team doesn’t communicate and collaborate well offline, it won’t help to throw them into an online environment. At my company, we rely heavily on whiteboards, post it notes, quick review meetings to get everyone aligned, and lots of paper and ticonderogas for sketching out design ideas.

We never did find a tool that felt ‘natural’ (this was many years ago when there were fewer options), so we rolled our own to meet the workflow needs of a busy web development shop. Check out Intervals, as you might find your needs similar to our own.

http://www.myintervals.com

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