A new development sprint is born

After a couple of months of not so good control over what we are doing in technical development we decided to move back to "Scrum Light". Basically we divide 2010 into 11 sprints and we will plan each sprint in detail. It will be the responsibility for each member that all tasks assigned to them will be solved. We will hold weekly meeting where we discuss the status of each task and make sure we can, together, resolve any issues that have risen.

The scary with sprints is that it is always so many things we want to squeeze into a four week time box. I guess it is a learning period before we all understand that we have to have fewer things added to each sprint... I mean, reality is always there and steals time away from your plan...

On the positive side I really believe that if we can manage to focus on a few important tasks, those tasks will be delivered with much greater speed and quality...

Looking forward to many sunny days in 2010!

Not going...

Unfortunately we are not going to Orlando this year. The financial situation means we have travel restrictions and they are still very much in place. Hopefully there will be a lot of news to read about from home - but of course it would have been much nicer to be there in person... Maybe next year?

In the mean time I will work on the Sametime 8.5 and Domino 8.5.1 upgrades...

Sametime 8.5 is really great!

During 2009 we have been part of the beta testing of Sametime 8.5... And now that it is finally out there, I thought I'd share some of the reasons why we will plan for a migration from our current 802 infrastructure as soon as possible...

- The first thing that surprised me was the sound... The extremely good quality of the sound... The best VoIP sound I have ever experienced...
- Second, the startup speed and stability of the new meeting client...
- Third important factor is the new proxy that finally will make it possible to use Sametime and create Communications Enabled Business Processes (CEBP).

Well done the Sametime team...

The christmas tree? Well it was drawn in real time, together with a few of my colleagues... In Sametime...

Skype Integration?

I was following Planet Lotus to see if there were any interesting news from LS Sunday... The one thing I saw was the mentioning of "Skype Integration"... No more details than that! I'm really curious... I hope for some good, ground breaking news later.

Lotusphere from home

So this year is a bit different... I'm going to have to follow it all from home! Special interest this year is Sametime 8.5 and SUT... I hope to hear alot of important news about those releases.

LoLa Miami

Had the great opportunity to be invited to the new and first Lotus Leadership Alliance conference in Hollywood, Florida. Not sure before hand what this was going to be... A new Lotusphere in mini format for selected custumers and partners? Or was it actually going to be a place where we could look into future development and actually give feedback?

Turns out it was the later... First day started with sessions on all the Lotus divisions, and frankly not too much was new for me... Some more details about Notes and SAP was what was of real interest that day...

Then come tuesday and I went to alot of great, interactive sessions... And all of the presenters were eager to hear from us what we had to say... For sure I told them alot of things.

Let me say that there are alot of great stuff coming out over the next 1-3 years...

Oh, and by the way... Did I say that the venue is really nice to?? The picture is taken at the outdoor bar/marina that is at the hotel...

Collaboration University

So... Here I am in London for my third Collaboration University. Looking forward to three days of knowledge!

Today we (am here with five other colleagues) spent half of the day flying here from Sweden and the other half in Covent Gardens having good food and a beer. Am really tired now so will go to bed early!