During this workshop for #jpd16, we worked in groups on project ideas using an agile (ish) process to walk through creating a news app or data visualization.

1. @kaeti http://kaet.io
Building data visualizations
the agile way

2. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
ﬔe Agile Manifesto
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3. How does this apply to journalism?
+ We need to adapt quickly to change
+ We need clear process so we can work with
many different people
+ We need to improve things and iterate as we go

4. 1. Define your mission statement.
What is your project’s one sentence
manifesto?

5. 2. Who are your users? ﬔink about
who they are, where they’ll be interacting
with a project, and what they need.

6. 3. Feature brainstorm. Everything your
users might want or need.

7. 4. Refine the MVP. What is the minimum
viable product? Time to prioritize.

8. 5. Sketch, prototype, review.
Wash, rinse, repeat. (Work in sprints, set
amounts of time with clear deadlines.)

9. 6. Ship it. And measure results.

10. 7. Document your process and what
you’ve learned.

11. Find your group!

12. What’s the idea?
Spend 10 minutos discussing an
idea with your group.

13. Got an idea? Great! Now it’s time to refine it.
What is your manifesto?
Tip: ﬔink about what problems you are solving.
“How might we…?”
10 minutos

14. Each group read their one (or
two) sentence project idea
3 minutos

15. Time to think about your readers.
Who are the users?
For each type of user, write down what questions or
problems they might have. 15 minutos

16. Prioritize those users.
Which are the most important users
types?
ﬔeir needs come first. 5 minutos

17. Features brainstorm
All the ideas / Todas las ideas
20 minutos

18. Sort the features:
1. Must have (necesario)
2. Nice to have
3. “Meh” (no importante)
10 minutos

19. How many features are in the must
have pile?
Get rid of half of them.
5 minutos

20. Now you have your list of features,
your users, and a defined scope.
It’s time to start sketching
and prototyping.
Remaining time

21. Share your ideas and
sketches on Twitter with
#jpd16agile