Comments on: Scrum Planning Board on the iPad http://shipsoftwareontime.com/2010/02/01/scrum-planning-board-on-the-ipad/ The blog that helps you build great software Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:13:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: phil http://shipsoftwareontime.com/2010/02/01/scrum-planning-board-on-the-ipad/#comment-1020 phil Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:11:18 +0000 http://shipsoftwareontime.com/?p=431#comment-1020 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) 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)

]]> By: Rob http://shipsoftwareontime.com/2010/02/01/scrum-planning-board-on-the-ipad/#comment-1018 Rob Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:51:26 +0000 http://shipsoftwareontime.com/?p=431#comment-1018 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? 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?

]]> By: David http://shipsoftwareontime.com/2010/02/01/scrum-planning-board-on-the-ipad/#comment-1017 David Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:45:13 +0000 http://shipsoftwareontime.com/?p=431#comment-1017 MS Surface? Myabe they should spent time porting it to Atari too. MS Surface? Myabe they should spent time porting it to Atari too.

]]> By: Hamid Shojaee http://shipsoftwareontime.com/2010/02/01/scrum-planning-board-on-the-ipad/#comment-1016 Hamid Shojaee Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:13:03 +0000 http://shipsoftwareontime.com/?p=431#comment-1016 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. 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.

]]> By: Skippy http://shipsoftwareontime.com/2010/02/01/scrum-planning-board-on-the-ipad/#comment-1015 Skippy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:04:37 +0000 http://shipsoftwareontime.com/?p=431#comment-1015 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. 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.

]]> By: Rob http://shipsoftwareontime.com/2010/02/01/scrum-planning-board-on-the-ipad/#comment-1014 Rob Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:49:05 +0000 http://shipsoftwareontime.com/?p=431#comment-1014 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 :-) 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 :-)

]]> By: Jay Dee http://shipsoftwareontime.com/2010/02/01/scrum-planning-board-on-the-ipad/#comment-1013 Jay Dee Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:45:44 +0000 http://shipsoftwareontime.com/?p=431#comment-1013 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. 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.

]]> By: Mike http://shipsoftwareontime.com/2010/02/01/scrum-planning-board-on-the-ipad/#comment-1012 Mike Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:06:07 +0000 http://shipsoftwareontime.com/?p=431#comment-1012 It would be great, until, you know, you wanted to type... It would be great, until, you know, you wanted to type…

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