{"id":154,"date":"2009-07-10T13:03:14","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T13:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nrdland.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2009-08-30T18:29:22","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T18:29:22","slug":"petras-call-google-docs-1-man-agile-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nrdland.com\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"Petra’s Call + Google Docs = 1 man agile development"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn my day job, I am a project manager\/producer type. That means that spreadsheets and schedules are a large part of how I spend my day.<\/p>\n

When I decided it was time to get it in gear and start working on Petra’s Call, between making the comic, setting up the website and learning all of the Flash, I realized I had A LOT of work to do.<\/p>\n

Being the project management nerd that I am, I adapted my favorite agile project management system, Scrum<\/a>, to a solo operation.<\/p>\n

I broke all of the things I needed to do into small steps and estimated how many hours it would take to do each one. Then I prioritized everything that needed to be done and set up a series of 2 week ‘Sprints’ to get everything ready for launch.<\/p>\n

Every day, I update the doc with what I’ve done, and if something is taking longer than expected, I update the hours on the doc. If something new comes up, unless it’s an absolute EMERGENCY, I add it to the ‘backlog’ of work that is remaining and keep focusing on my 2 week Sprint.<\/p>\n

For me, it works wonders. It gives me a place to throw ideas for new features in the browser\/website, let’s me break all of the different things that I need to do into individual steps and makes sure that I stay focused.<\/p>\n

If you want to check out the how I do it (with a clear look at some of my future plans for NRD\/Petra’s Call), I have made the doc public.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have any questions, comments etc on the process, please ask away<\/a>! it works great for me and I’m sure it’ll help other people overcome chronic procrastination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my day job, I am a project manager\/producer type. That means that spreadsheets and schedules are a large part of how I spend my day. When I decided it was time to get it in gear and start working on Petra’s Call, between making the comic, setting up the website and learning all of … <\/p>\n

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