This is one of several slide decks from a workshop Mark Trammell and Daniel Burka presented at dConstruct 2008 in Brighton. The workshop theme was about designing for scale in online communities.

1. 2008
Iterating with a large
community
Photo credit: Flickr user ‘ mikejsolutions’

2. Workshop: “Iterating with a large community” 2008
What’s the challenge?
People have a sense of ownership, entitlement
Frequent users have established pathways
Expectations of rapid iteration from early phases
Niche interests dominate discussion
Impossible to satisfy everyone (incl your own team)
Difficult to contain scope

3. Workshop: “Iterating with a large community” 2008
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Huge and passionate participation
Several iterations already, lessons learned
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