Synergy between light-weight tools

An inception case-study

Uncle Roy

bought me an iPad

Thanks

Uncle Roy!

My mate, Dave, gave me

a mini-whiteboard

I have a fetish

for colourful

pens

We had an Inception

for HITnet and the Black Dog Institute

Srini brought index cards

and suggested Dropbox

Matt said

"let's use Trello"

Mini-whiteboards are great

for working in small groups…

…for sketching screen designs…

…for sketching architecture…

…for sketching architecture…

…for sketching architecture…

We captured the sketches

with the iPad camera

We uploaded them quickly

into Dropbox…

…and presented a few

in Trello

We developed our stories

on index cards

Story prioritisation was easy

on the long edge of the table

Story prioritisation was easy

on the long edge of the table

Story prioritisation was easy

on the long edge of the table

Entering the stories was quick

in Trello

By the end of the inception…

…we had a summary

of the inception in Trello…

…we had a

complete visual record

in Dropbox…

…we had a prioritised backlog

in Trello.

Our clients…

…were very happy…

…and so were we!

Thank you!

I'd like to thank the following people for making this an exciting and productive inception:

– Joe and Bart: Alive and Kicking Goals– Ken: Gamarada– Helen and Julie: HITnet– Helen, Fiona and Rebecca:

Black Dog Institute– Srini, Matt and Pat: ThoughtWorkers

StockistsiPad Compare prices online $398 - $899

Mini-Whiteboard Fishpond.com.au $61.99

Fine tipped whiteboard pens

Ebay fine whiteboard markers $14.99

Index cards (System cards)

Office works about $22 for 500 pack

Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/pricing Free for 2-18 GB

Trello https://trello.com/ Free