DocumentCode
2580035
Title
The Doctor is "In" -- Using the Office Hours Concept to Make Limited Resources Most Effective
Author
Leszek, Andrea ; Courage, Catherine
Author_Institution
Salesforce.com, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
fYear
2008
fDate
4-8 Aug. 2008
Firstpage
196
Lastpage
201
Abstract
Salesforce.compsilas technology organization transitioned over 30 product teams from a waterfall development process to an agile development process. After this transition, it was evident that shared resources, such as user experience and product documentation professionals, could not support as many teams as they had in the past using a waterfall process. As a result, shared resources were assigned to fewer teams, which left some teams without designated team members for product documentation and user experience. This report highlights how salesforce.com has adopted the concept of office hours in order to make these limited, shared resources most effective and to support teams that do not have a designated resource for user experience or product documentation.
Keywords
customer relationship management; product development; software development management; system documentation; team working; DS team members; OH program; agile development process; customer relationship management; office hours concept; product documentation; resource sharing; salesforce.com Technology organization; user experience; waterfall development process; Customer relationship management; Documentation; Engineering management; Law; Legal factors; Productivity; Quality management; Resource management; Usability; User centered design;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Agile, 2008. AGILE '08. Conference
Conference_Location
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3321-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/Agile.2008.46
Filename
4599476
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