Ever get sick if incessant over use of Post It notes? Do you realise that for every Post It note produced a tree is cut down in a rain forest? It's not for the paper, rather the gum on the back of the Post It note is manufactured from very rare Amazonian rain forest tree sap. An entire tree is needed for each note*. Well if you are sick of the over use of Post Its and you want to save the rain forest then this app is for you! It's an Augmented Reality Scrum application - Scrum It!**.
Point your mobile at any surface and have your Tasks, WIP and Done Post Its magically projected in front of you. Simply move your tasks from one column to another using your mobile screen and the updated task detail will be updated on all of your colleagues mobiles as well. Watch your velocity graph update in real time on any wall you choose to point your phone at! It's a hoot! Trust me this is going to become the next spectator sport!
Note, this will only work for iPhone, iPads and Android smart phones and tablets but you are an IT professional so access to such a smart piece of kit won't be a problem!
The beauty of this is you no longer have to rely on unreliable post it notes, thus saving the worlds pristine rain forests! Also it's geek chic technology for geeks, built by geeks. It's simply geek-tastic! Scrum's will become a delight to attend! Or not attend as it may be, as you can project this on anything, simply dial into your scrum from the beach, project your tasks on the underside of your beach umbrella, and let folks know that today's tasks are tanning and drinking Pina Colads!
Of course if you have no tasks, then, as described this morning, you may as well not exist ;-) If you do run out of tasks, or have none to complete, never fear because the share a task feature of the application will allow overstretched scrum teams to share tasks they cannot complete within their sprint. You can simply select one of these tasks, specify your fee, and within minutes you will be notified to drop that pina colada and start implementing that must have registration user story!
Yay for Scrum It! It's today's developers must have App. Remember if you don't Scrum It! YOU are responsible for the destruction of pristine rain forest. Do the right thing and Scrum It! now
cheers
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*this might not actually be true
**this application doesn't actually exist yet, but rest assured when it does you will want it
We've got a much humbler version of what you're talking about...its called Flote and its on the app store. Its not AR ready yet....but after reading your post, we sure want to make it this way ;)
ReplyDeleteGo for it! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI have the note section on my iphone that I use for everything. Post it notes don't work for me because they tend to lose their sticky and fall off under something so I don't see them again for months.
ReplyDeleteIt's odd. I have the same app, and I also use it all the time for shopping lists etc... But a load of the time I still use paper, that inevitably gets lost! I need to commit to the notes app on the phone! Guaranteed I will then lose the phone ;-)
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