Using Virtual Worlds for Distributed Agile
Participants will discuss the use of virtual worlds with agile teams. Examples will be interjected from an agile project at State Farm where a virtual world was used to collaborate with team members in multiple locations. The session will end with a brief demo.
The discussion will include:
1. Necessary qualities for collaboration to occur
2. Obstacles to achieving this on a distributed agile team
3. Using a virtual world on an agile project
4. Best practices for leveraging a virtual world
5. State Farm’s use of virtual world environments with agile teams
This will be an interactive session using facilitation techniques to encourage participation. It will include a brief presentation, showing how State Farm has utilized a virtual world to collaborate on agile efforts.
- Share information on the use of virtual worlds.
- Encourage others to experiment with agile and distributed teams.

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