Scrum Planning Board on the iPad
We thought it would be fun to imagine what the OnTime V10 Scrum Planning Board (a.k.a. task board) would look like when used through the iPad:
The touch interface of being able to drag-and-drop cards from one workflow step to another is going to absolutely rock on the iPad. I need to get my hands on one of these things asap! :-)
It would be great, until, you know, you wanted to type…
Mike
February 3, 2010 at 10:06 am
Yeah, then you would have to like, you know, bring up the virtual keyboard and uh, um TYPE!
OK, I’ll grant you it can be awkward to hold it AND type, but they do offer/plan to offer an external keyboard you can plug in.
Jay Dee
February 3, 2010 at 10:45 am
Tablet PC’s have existed for ages, check out the new lenovo range which have a full keyboard and multi-touch tablet style.
As a software house, I would not invest in the iPad just for Scrum purposes. Windows has had these devices for years and with the strong investment in multi-touch I think Microsoft will have the best technology.
The surface computer would be a better idea :-)
Rob
February 3, 2010 at 10:49 am
Yes, I agree. A surface aware WPF version of the Axosoft client would be great in a planning room.
Along that route, how about a Smart Board aware version? Their SDK is free and they’re moving into multi-touch as well as tabletop.
Skippy
February 3, 2010 at 11:04 am
OnTime (and V10′s new planning board) should already work great with Smart Boards as they don’t require any additional software modifications to take advantage of drag-and-drop.
As for iPad vs. MS Surface…ummm, I think we’d look to make it work best on the device that would be made & used by > 100 people. ;-) I don’t know of anybody, any company or any dev team that has a MS surface computer. I suspect within days of the release of iPad, that won’t be true about that device.
Hamid Shojaee
February 3, 2010 at 11:13 am
MS Surface? Myabe they should spent time porting it to Atari too.
David
February 3, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Well, if the application works on a Tablet PC it works on the Surface thats the great thing about WPF and a software company who understands the true meaning behind business and companies who design things that look pretty but aren’t that functional.
Some problems I see with the iPad in business in this scenerio:
* Been able to type
* Not been able to run your WPF/Win Forms Apps in the meeting room
* Having to exit the scrum software to refer to your SharePoint project portal
* Not everybody can see the screen 8 developers around a rectangle table makes viewing difficult
What are everybody elses thoughts?
Rob
February 3, 2010 at 2:51 pm
iPad is going to be a fabulous device for when you are out and about, but not many people I know do their project planning that way.
Everyone watching the same Windows screen on the projector (or via screen sharing for the offsite people) with someone driving the mouse is hard to beat. (BTW multiple wireless mice around the table so anyone can take control is the way to go)
phil
February 3, 2010 at 7:11 pm