For the bootcamp - take 2

1. So You Just Got a
Bunch of Money....
Now what?

2. Write your narrative
• David the reporter comes to Spot.Us
because....
• He can take the following actions.
• Rita the reader comes to Spot.Us
because...
• She can take the following actions
• If Rita does X then Y should happen.

3. Turn narrative into Specs
• See Lisa Williams
Turn narrative into functionality you want.
• See Lisa Williams

4. Be Prepared for Translation

5. Design
• Designers take your narrative/specs and
tell that story visually.
Development
• Don’t start developing until you’ve designed.
Developers take the design and translate that
into code.

6. Rules on Development
You are looking for three things
• Good
• Fast
• Cheap
You get to pick two.

7. Pricing out features
• Pivotal Tracker!

8. Collaboration
• Content is King and is the most important.
• Collaboration is Queen and is the most powerful

9. There is no such thing as
competition
• Just collaborators in disguise (Amy or Lisa)

10. Foundation for Collaboration
• Trust: Work with folks you can trust
• Never forced: In interest of all parties
• “Buy in” with decision makers
• Key liaison: Somebody from all parties
tasked to project
• Commitment of time/resources or
money. Doesn’t need to be all three
• The story/project: Must be at the heart of
everything.

11. Why Experiment?
• Rule of the Internet: Cheaper/
Easier to try than to debate
about trying.

12. Agile and Iterative
• Find the path of least resistance.

13. The $10 version of Spot.Us
wiki.spot.us

14. Agile and Iterative
• Iterate upon your attempts.

15. Current Site

16. It’s okay to fail.
It’s not a problem until it’s a problem.....
• Fail early and fail often.
• The faster you fail - the faster you’ll learn.

17. It will never be perfect
• If you feel as though you “finished” then
you are failing and falling.