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Web 2.0: Deploying, measuring and succeeding with Social Software

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business . Deploying, measuring and succeeding with Social Software Ian McNairn, IBM SWG What does success mean - critical mass? application use? customer delight? increased profit? in other words be clear what you want. Know what to measure - communities and social networks are different [...]

Web 2.0: Who’s Afraid of Identity?

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business . Who’s Afraid of Identity? Tom Ilube, Garlik Garlik aiming at the “mainstream digital consumer” Explosion of personal data on the web in last 18 months. Equivalent huge rise in ID theft. Consumers don’t understand identity management… But people make decisions about us based on [...]

Web 2.0: The Power of Film

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business The Power of Film - Adding video podcasts to the communications mix Joyce Lewis, University of Southampton First video podcasting news service in any UK university (March 2006) “People don’t care about cold facts. They care about pictures or stories” - Nancy Green, Donovan [...]

Web 2.0: Social Media In Action

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business . Social Media in Action Adrian Moss - BOTTLE PR and Focus Business Communications Poundland Case Study - using social media to support a retail operation. Number 1 single price discount retailer in Europe. IT driven retail distribution. Lots of short-run [...]

Web 2.0: KM Goes Social: From KM 1.0 to KM 2.0

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business . KM Goes Social: From KM 1.0 to KM 2.0 David Gurteen Impact of social tools on Knowledge Management - growth of “KM 2.0″ Techno-centric KM (tools) vs People-Centric KM (attitudes, soft tools) KM in the doldrums - over-promised, under-delivered in business terms Social [...]

Web 2.0: Business in Virtual Worlds, How we got here with Web 2.0

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business . Business in Virtual Worlds, How we got here with Web 2.0 Ian Hughes, Metaverse Evangelist IBM What are metaverses and virtual worlds and why are they at a social media conf? And why do IBM care? It’s all about people… In virtual worlds the [...]

Web 2.0 and Beyond: Technology Brings Power To The People

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business . Technology Brings Power to the People Crispin O’Brien KPMG Recent survey published - Enterprise 2.0 The Benefits and Challenges of Adoptions John Chambers CEO Cisco - Cisco moving into enterprise Web 2.0 because old space they compete in is becoming too crowded… So [...]

Web 2.0 and Beyond: Facilitating Open Innovation in A Distributed Community Using Free Social Software Tools

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business Facilitating Open Innovation in A Distributed Community Using Free Social Software Tools Claire Reddington, iShed & Ed Mitchell, Ed Mitchell Consulting iShed is spin off from Watershed media centre in Bristol, to bring together media and R&D - investing in 6 SMEs to [...]

Web 2.0 and Beyond: Social is Good for Business

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business . Social is Good for Business: Snockles Neil Burton, Web Spiders Enterprise Snockles - a corporate version of Snockles - yet another social messaging app which looks like another Twitter. Aimed at creating a corporate social network to build better [...]

Web 2.0 and Beyond: A Whistlestop Tour Round Web Marketing 2.0

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business . Case Study: A Whistlestop Tour Round Web Marketing 2.0 Will Wynne, ArenaFlowers.com “Old” web marketing - paid search, natural search, retention marketing, PR, Affiliate Marketing, Comparison Shopping, Conversion Rate. Cost, Competition, Risk, Growth, SEO Optimised page <> Friendly page. Using social media [...]

Web 2.0 and Beyond - Social Computing and the Knowledge-Powered Enterprise

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business . Social Computing and the Knowledge-Powered Enterprise John Davies, Next Generation Web Research Group, BT Social computing & Web 2.0 (user-generated, user-tagged content; social networking tools) 3rd generation KM - emergent social networks, opt-in, self-organising, tools chosen and integrated by the community social computing landscape [...]

Web 2.0 and beyond: Social Tools Hit The Mainstream

I’m at Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business . Social Tools Hit The Mainstream Lee Bryant, Headshift Ideas behind social tools now ready to challenge lots of existing IT and Internal Communications practices inside organisations - Tim O’Reilly The social stack: Personal tools - organise your “stuff” by tags- personal portals, manage networks [...]

Conference Blogging - Web 2.0 and Beyond

I’m blogging Web 2.0 and Beyond - Applying Social and Collaborative Tools To Business . Social Tools Hit The Mainstream - Lee Bryant, Headshift Social Computing and the Knowledge-Powered Enterprise - John Davies, BT Case Study: A Whistlestop Tour Round Web Marketing 2.0 - Will Wynne, ArenaFlowers.com Social is Good for Business: Snockles - Neil Burton, Web [...]

Reflections on Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value

I’ve spent the last two days Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value, and feel I’ve learnt a lot. Here are my initial reflections on the conference. Firstly, there are a lot of very smart people thinking about these issues – it was thoroughly enjoyable to have to take on so many ideas in such a period [...]

Acceptance Test Driven Development

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value Acceptance Test Driven Development David Peterson Summary What happens if you put acceptance tests in the driving seat? Fresh ideas about the agile development process Practical techniques to improve your project’s agility Emphasis on process and practice (non-technical) Notes Whilst working at EasyNet, David modified their normal XP iteration cycle to insert a phase [...]

DSDM Atern: The next step in agile!

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value DSDM Atern: The next step in agile! Keith Richards, Keith Richards Consulting, on behalf of DSDM Consortium Summary DSDM Atern (login required) “The Agile Project Delivery Framework” Latest iteration of DSDM – much more aimed at being a generic project management method rather than IT-specific. Often used as a wrapper [...]

When XP Met Outsourcing

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value When XP Met Outsourcing Angela Martin, Martin IT Consulting Ltd Outsourcing is common for software development, and is the context for many projects using agile development processes. This paper presents two case studies concentrating on the customer role in projects using outsourcing and extreme programming (XP). The studies follow [...]

A Square Peg in a Round Hole: Agile and fixed-price contracts

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value A Square Peg in a Round Hole: Agile and fixed-price contracts Duncan Pierce, Amarinda Consulting Ltd Summary Square peg: Agile processes flex scope freely and have open-ended timescales. Round hole: Fixed-price contracts usually come with a deadline and strict limits on how much scope change can occur - often [...]

Can IT Projects be Insured?

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value Can IT Projects be Insured? Graham Oakes, Graham Oakes Ltd Summary In the movie industry, the people financing new productions can buy “Completion Bonds” - effectively insurance policies that repay their investment if the film isn’t completed on time and in line with the original proposal. Such bonds cost [...]

Fit for the Future: The future of Agile Acceptance Test Tools

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value Fit for the Future: The future of Agile Acceptance Test Tools Antony Marcano, testingReflections.com The role of acceptance test tools in agile teams Where have they come from; what are they; what is their future? Report on the vision created during the Agile Alliance Functional Test Tools Visioning Workshop, which [...]

Examples, Exemplars, Requirements, Tests

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value Examples, Exemplars, Requirements, Tests Keith Braithwaite, Zuhlke (but speaking on behalf of SPA) Summary Automated Functional Tests ensure quality and drive process change Test failures are more often due to misunderstood requirements than sloppy coding Treating tests as executable specifications can help with both Tests based on examples lead to an exploration [...]

Case Study: Using Agile: the QA perspective

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value Using Agile: the QA perspective Chris Ambler – QA Director Electronic Arts Not a developer, never have been, never will be. Not a techie! But have worked in testing (of various sorts) for 28 years. Focus is product, and quality. What does quality really mean? How does it affect [...]

Keynote: Scaling Scrum

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value Scaling Scrum Rachel Davies, Agile Experience Ltd. Summary Scrum is the simplest possible agile method so it’s easy to get started with a small team of software developers. What happens when you try to apply Scrum to large projects? This talk shares experiences of working with large projects with [...]

Leading Agile Teams

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value Leading Agile Teams Dot Tudor, TCC Summary One school of thought is that good leaders make a big difference to the successful outcome of any initiative. On the other hand, some agilists want to eliminate leaders and go with situational leadership and self-organising teams. There is also a large [...]

Case Study: Agile - Why Should Your Business Care ?

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value Agile - Why Should Your Business Care? Bill Birnie, Senior Manager, IS Development Solutions, Standard Life Employee Services Limited, Ollie LaFontan, Exoftware Summary What does my business want from Agile ? Creating an Agile culture and the importance of measures Consolidating gains and driving more change. Standard Life’s award-winning use of [...]

Case Study: Delivering a Public-Private Partnership using DSDM

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value National Packaging Waste Database – a DSDM Case Study Steve Watkins, Head of IT Portfolio Office, Environment Agency and Jeremy Renwick, Kubernetes Ltd Summary Delivering the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) on time and to budget Facilitating a very diverse stakeholder community drawn from industry and the 4 regulators Managing the [...]

Case Study: Agile Analysis: A Proposition Assessment Case Study

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value Agile Analysis: A Proposition Assessment Case Study Luke Barrett, Senior Business Analyst, Thoughtworks Summary While the benefits of taking an Agile approach to the heart of the software development cycle are becoming increasingly recognised, this people-centric, communication-oriented, test-driven way of working is also powerful in helping teams and [...]

The Ten Golden Rules for Successful Agile Projects

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value The Ten Golden Rules for Successful Agile Projects Keith Richards, Keith Richards Consulting Summary Agile approaches to projects are maturing and becoming mainstream, yet some are more successful than others This presentation describes the ten golden rules that will increase the chances of success, and make the difference between an [...]

Conference: Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value

I’m blogging the conference Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value The stated goals are to provide: a forum for the exchange of information regarding all agile development technologies; an opportunity to hear case studies from a variety of sectors [an opportunity] to find out new viewpoints and developments and learn from the experiences of others Sessions: Day 1 The Ten Golden Rules [...]

Looking forward to Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value

I’m planning to attend Agile Approaches for Delivering Business Value next week. It looks like an interesting set of sessions, and although I doubt I’ll be liveblogging, I aim to post some notes here as soon afterwards as I can. I’m particularly interested in two of the talks on the second day: “A Square Peg in a Round [...]

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