Ron Jeffries wrote:
Sunday, September 11, 2005, at 9:22:03 AM, Steve Bate wrote:
This was one of the reasons our team likes an online tool even
when we were collocated. We sometimes used cards or whiteboards
when developing stories but then transferred them to the tool.
Yes. The issue I have with these tools is that they change the
process, by putting control of what's on the screen in the hands of
the few.
This has always appeared to me to be a strawman position. ,
shared collaboration tools can have many screens and many keyboards.
During a planning meeting it may be convenient to have one person
(a scribe, not a controller) enter information. This is a relatively
small window of time compared to the time preparing and reviewing
stories and tracking development progress. These latter activities
are not necessarily restricted by the one screen, one keyboard,
one controller constraint.
The issue you raise is more related to nonshared tools or ones
that don't effectively support concurrent access (Excel spreadsheets,
planning tools with only private local data, ). I feel
the same way you do about tools with those characteristics.
I don't find as much benefit from touching paper as some people
report and handwriting is frustrating for me since I can type
much faster. These are other reasons why I like shared online
collaboration tools.
I imagine that you can take a photograph faster than paint a picture
as well
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