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Designing Collaborative Workspaces
Mike Hill (Mandu Ltd), Rachel Davies (Agile Experience Limited)
Discovery Sessions · Individuals & Teams
Thursday, 14:00, 3 hours 30 minutes | Meeting Room 8
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One of the key success factors in Agile projects is the workspace environment. Does the workspace facilitate or hinder collaboration? E.g. is there a wall that can be turned into an information radiator? Which team members should sit next to each other? Are there frequent interruptions? How does the workspace meet health & safety requirements? In this workshop, we will explore issues of project workspace design. By creating the "workspace from hell" and the "workspace from heaven", we will identify key aspects of both successful and unsuccessful environments. For hellish environments we will investigate how we can workaround the difficulties; for heavenly environments will we identify weaknesses.
Mike Hill is an independent consultant, developing and coaching on Agile projects. Mike co-presented "Storytelling with FIT" with Steve Freeman at Agile 2006, and co-authored the expereince report "The Cost/Benefit Paradox of Automated Acceptance Testing" at Agile 2005.
Rachel Davies coaches teams in agile software development techniques, such as test-driven development, heartbeat retrospectives and planning with user stories. She is passionate about agile software development because it increases the chance of success projects in the face of complex problems. Rachel is internationally recognised in her field, as both a frequent presenter at industry conferences and a past chair of the Agile Alliance.
