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OOPSLA, Portland, Oregon, USA - October 22-26 2006

Workshop: Creating an Informative Workspace

Organizers: RachelDavies & David Hussman

We invite you to join our workshop at the OOPSLA conference, to explore ways to create and sustain an Informative Workspace.
Informative Workspace is one of the new XP practices launched in the second edition of XP Explained (Beck & Andres). The practice is to build feedback mechanisms around an agile team that support them in their daily work. These feedback mechanisms can take the form of visual displays (Information Radiators) that are manually updated by the team or electronic eXtreme Feedback Devices (XFD) such as lava lamps or audio signals linked to automated processes. It is vital to ensure that feedback mechanisms are easy to interpret, low maintenance and adapted to local practices.

We encourage participation from developers, coaches and managers with experiences to share on creating informative workspaces within their organizations. Interested people should email organizers or just come along!

Don't forget you need to register for OOPSLA conference but there is no extra charge for the workshop registration.

Workshop Overview

The workshop will start with introductions followed by a short presentation to introduce the topic. Next participants will share their experiences by reading their position papers.

The workshop will then move on to group work to develop a summary of specific practices that can support an Informative Workspace.

During the workshop, participants will develop ideas for Informative Workspace innovations - prototyping ideas for automated feedback devices, chart formats or workspace layouts.

The presenters will photograph all the outputs and arrange for these to be uploaded to the workshop web page.

Workshop Organizers

Rachel Davies is an independent consultant, who provides training and coaching in agile software development. In her work she has facilitated many heartbeat retrospectives and requirements workshops in domains as varied as: bioinformatics, digital TV, drug safety, financial services, harbor board finance operations and government projects. Rachel is also a frequent presenter at industry conferences and a serving director of the Agile Alliance.

David Hussman has been creating software for more than 13 years in a variety of domains: digital audio, digital biometrics, medical, retail, and education to name a few. For the past five years, David has mentored and coached agile teams in the U.S., Canada, Russia, and Ukraine. Along with leading workshops and presenting at conferences in the U.S. and Europe, David has contributed to several books ("Managing Agile Projects" and "Agile in the Large"), is a senior consultant with The Cutter Consortium, and contributed to agile curriculum for Capella University.

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