Agile's Too Slow: Developing a Facebook App For the Obama Campaign
Priorities shifted twice a week. My favorite lightweight practices were all too heavy. Facebook thinks I might be a spammer. On November 5, the code became totally worthless. It was the best project I’ve been on!
Come and hear about a project that was too strange for normal, comfortable agile methods. I hope you can learn from my experience, and make sure you are bringing the right tools and processes to your next project. Focus on the principles of agile (communication, simplicity, feedback, courage) instead of the practices (CI, pairing, iterations, etc).
A discussion of my experience writing the “obama” app for facebook. The strange parameters of the domain and customer forced us to rethink all of my “standard tools” for a “standard project.”
~30 minutes - presentation ~15 minutes - open questions
- Question the need for your favorite practices & tools, when appropriate
- Renew your focus on delivering value and eliminating waste

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