So You Just Got a Bunch of Money....

Now what?

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.

Turn narrative into Specs

•See Lisa Williams

Turn narrative into functionality you want.

•See Lisa Williams

Be Prepared for Translation

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.

Rules on Development

• Good

• Fast

• Cheap

You are looking for three things

You get to pick two.

Pricing out features

• Pivotal Tracker!

Collaboration• Content is King and is the most important.

• Collaboration is Queen and is the most powerful

There is no such thing as competition

• Just collaborators in disguise (Amy or Lisa)

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.

Why Experiment?

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

Agile and Iterative

• Find the path of least resistance.

The $10 version of Spot.Uswiki.spot.us

Agile and Iterative

• Iterate upon your attempts.

Current Site

It’s okay to fail.

• Fail early and fail often.

• The faster you fail - the faster you’ll learn.

It’s not a problem until it’s a problem.....

It will never be perfect• If you feel as though you “finished” then

you are failing and falling.