Visual aids inspired by 'Kanban' and 'Task Board' can help to organize and structure the collaboration between teammates. These collaboration boards are intended to make explicit, with a minimum of formality, the operating rules of the team. In this session, we will present how collaboration boards are essential to improve outcomes from shared accountability. Come and learn how to set visual rules for collaboration between teammates.

1. Collaboration Boards
Mario Cardinal
Agile Coach & Software Architect
www.mariocardinal.com
Version May 20 th

2. • Agile Coach & Software architect
• Leading independent consultant
• www.mariocardinal.com
Who am I ?

4. "The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in
having new eyes.”
Marcel Proust
A. Collaboration with a Slingboard
B. Software development with multiple
Slingboard
Why are we here?
Agenda

5. Collaboration Boards
Section A
Collaboration with a Slingboard

6. Slingboard
Definition
• Visual tool that guides collaboration between
teammates by using sticky notes
• Each sticky note is a visual aid for signaling
collaborators
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column N
Row 1
Row 2
Row N

7. Slingboard
Two-Dimensional Grid
• Each column helps to accomplish a workflow
• The rows are used
to group and
organize the yellow
stickies in a logical
manner
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step N
Column1 Column2 Column3 Column N
Row1
Row2
Row N

8. Slingboard
Simple example:Task Board
• Display the operating or progress status
• Provide immediate feedback to people
To Do In Progress Done

9. Slingboard
Why?
• Helps TEAMMATES who are dissatisfied with
outcomes from SHARED ACCOUNTABILITY
– Get better results for your team
– Get more commitment from your teammates
• Provides teams with VISUAL RULES to improve
COLLABORATION between TEAMMATES
– Get individual responsibility aligned with teamwork

10. • As soon as teammates must collaborate a board
can be useful
Slingboard
More than just software development
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11. Slingboard
Visual Management
• Each column represents a state of the process
– The aim is to move each sticky note from state to state to
accomplish a workflow.
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build
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Slingboard of a Factory Order

12. Slingboard
Visual Rules
• Each column is a visual rule that improves the collaborative
work by setting individual responsibilities
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inquiry
Quotation Order Sample
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order
Payment
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build
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Collaborator A
Collaborator B
Collaborator C
Collaborator B
Collaborator D

13. Slingboard
It is all about sharing responsibilities
• Intend to guide the action of the group members
– Identifies the flow of work and what is being done
– Helps to understand and indicate priorities
– Highlights when something is going wrong or not
happening
– Cut down on meetings to discuss work issues
– Provides real time feedback to everyone involved in the
whole process
– Allows to see whether performance is met

14. Slingboard
It is all about transparency
• Aim to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of
a process by making visible the collaboration rules
– Shows group members information they care about
(without having to ask anyone a question)
– Reduce friction by making explicit the “invisible”
knowledge

15. Slingboard
Pinning a Status Tag
• Status tag is used to visualize issue that is not
directly associated with the value-added steps
displayed by the columns
• Pinning creates visibility and awareness and allows
the right people to react quickly to that new status
$ 20k
Company ABC
View Order
“Blocked”
Status
Tag

16. Collaboration Boards
Section B
Software Development
with multiple Slingboard

17. Software Development
with Slingboards
• How we use Trello & Google Docs to make
UserVoice better every day
• http://community.uservoice.com/blog/trello-google-docs-product-management/

18. Software Development
with Slingboards
Trello: UBER Simple Collaboration and Task Management

19. • Roadmap (Grooming)
– Q1, Q2, Q3
• Inbox
– Idea, Customer idea (Uservoice helpdesk)
Software Development
with Slingboards

20. • Planning
• Engineering
– Backend, Frontend, Tests, Infrastructure
• Bugs
– Inbox, Needs input, Accepted
Software Development
with Slingboards

21. • Current development
Software Development
with Slingboards

22. Slingboard with Trello

23. Conclusion
Announcing SlingBoards Lab
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24. Do not hesitate to contact me
mcardinal@mariocardinal.com
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