A few years ago, my team got into Open Source. Specifically, we started writing all of our apps on github (as opposed to our SVN). We wanted to do this because we wanted to invite scrutiny. We never expected people to look at our stuff, we just felt that by putting it out in the open, we\u2019d want to do better internally.<\/p>\n
We went whole-hog. Organized stories with issues, organized sprints with milestones. It was pretty hot stuff. And it was all in the open. Potentially, someone could come by, see what we\u2019re doing and offer to take a story from the backlog of issues. That\u2019s open source. ish. We have a lot more we can do. A lot of growth to do.<\/p>\n
Then we started using Jira. The board system within Jira Agile was excellent. Allowed for better organization, reporting!, and visual representations of work. It\u2019s great. It\u2019s Agile. But it also replaced what we were doing with Github issues.<\/p>\n
We essentially replaced Open Source in favor of Agile. Our organization is great, we\u2019re keeping track of things fantastically, but we\u2019re no longer open. We don\u2019t have transparency on what we\u2019re working on anymore. People can\u2019t potentially help. Our code is out there, but we\u2019re not inviting. Our process is no longer out there.<\/p>\n
So what\u2019s our solution? We don\u2019t have one yet. But what \/can\/ we do?<\/p>\n
We need to put our vision statement out there. We need to put our plans out there. We need to expose what it is we\u2019re doing. We also need to stay agile, keep our tools intact, keep our reporting.<\/p>\n
This means we probably need to be duplicating efforts. Open Source and Agile are both hard work and organization. That they can\u2019t line up and be the same effort is not a blocker, just an \u201coh well\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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