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The process? It consisted of a whiteboard mounted in the engineering area,

Up to this point, I thought you were going to tell us the new process turned out to be a genuine improvement.

IME, there are few ways to improve productivity in a small development team with a better ROI than providing vast amounts of whiteboard space right next to where people work.

A bonus point is awarded for each different colour of pen.

Ten bonus points are awarded for any technology that can immediately capture the current state of the board and save it in a standard graphics file format for future reference or wider circulation.



Whiteboards are awesome. We have them everywhere. Engineering would be impossible without them.

I just take photos with my phone and email them around. No need for expensive captures.

[Within minutes of our first meeting with the aforementioned short-timer consultant we were calling the whiteboard a "wall of shame"]




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