Comments on: Importance of Demos http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/04/28/importance-of-demos/ Technova for short Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:32:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: erik http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/04/28/importance-of-demos/comment-page-1/#comment-53 erik Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:32:27 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=206#comment-53 <p>@Nate It was actually shown to and used by end users. About the best outcome we could have hoped for.</p> <p>@Nick Before code was considered completed, a team member had to check off another's work which prevented anyone from confirming his or her own bugs as completed. It kept the trunk in a stable enough state to demo from.</p> @Nate It was actually shown to and used by end users. About the best outcome we could have hoped for.

@Nick Before code was considered completed, a team member had to check off another’s work which prevented anyone from confirming his or her own bugs as completed. It kept the trunk in a stable enough state to demo from.

]]> By: Nick http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/04/28/importance-of-demos/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Nick Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:35:17 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=206#comment-52 <p>One problem that we ran into was keeping the trunk clean. There would often be persistent bugs and quirks in our system spanning multiple iterations. Did you guys have a peer review policy before code was migrated to the trunk?</p> One problem that we ran into was keeping the trunk clean. There would often be persistent bugs and quirks in our system spanning multiple iterations. Did you guys have a peer review policy before code was migrated to the trunk?

]]> By: Kiel http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/04/28/importance-of-demos/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Kiel Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:32:20 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=206#comment-51 <p>It could unfortunately be said that this semester, I was essentially the "demo lead." The client was very adamant about visible progress every few weeks, and we're not just talking some new buttons on a form. It got a little out of hand, but it was indeed a good testbed and verification exercise.</p> It could unfortunately be said that this semester, I was essentially the “demo lead.” The client was very adamant about visible progress every few weeks, and we’re not just talking some new buttons on a form. It got a little out of hand, but it was indeed a good testbed and verification exercise.

]]> By: Nate http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/04/28/importance-of-demos/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Nate Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:58:46 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=206#comment-50 <p>First, did they just look at it as a team internally or show it to their "users"? Second, what about HappierHour? We release so often, isn't each release kind of a demo?</p> <p>P.S.: Can the captcha be above submit? I didn't see it at first.</p> First, did they just look at it as a team internally or show it to their “users”? Second, what about HappierHour? We release so often, isn’t each release kind of a demo?

P.S.: Can the captcha be above submit? I didn’t see it at first.

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