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Google Wave: A Look at Improving Business Communications

Google Wave: A Look at Improving Business Communications. Presented by: Kathy Disney, Jill Hammitt, Chitalu Mwila and Jocelyn Nicholson ITMGMT 510 Managing the Technology Project. Agenda. Introduction: What is Google Wave ? Problem  Alternatives    Recommendation

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Google Wave: A Look at Improving Business Communications

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  1. Google Wave: A Look at Improving Business Communications Presented by: Kathy Disney, Jill Hammitt, ChitaluMwila and Jocelyn Nicholson ITMGMT 510 Managing the Technology Project

  2. Agenda • Introduction: What is Google Wave? • Problem •  Alternatives    • Recommendation • Follow-up and Evaluation •  Q & A

  3. What is Google Wave? • Real Time Collaboration and Communication Platform • Document Sharing and editing • Wikis • Chat and messaging • Project coordination • Embedding

  4. The Basics of using Google wave ( Corcoran, 2009)

  5. Google Wave Gadgets

  6. Problems Agile project method Limited access of the preview does not allow for preview users to test in a real life situation Security Issues caused negative reviews

  7. Possible Alternatives • Google should have use the Extreme project management method • Google should have used an incremental approach to the project • Traditional project management approach

  8. Alternative: Extreme Project Management

  9. Alternative: Extreme Project Management • Advantages of XPM: • Allows possible options and solutions to remain open for long as possible • Early look at several possible solutions • Disadvantages of XPM: • Might spin wheels looking for solutions in the wrong places. • High risk of delivering a product that provides no business value. (pp. 466 – 467)

  10. Alternative: Incremental Project Management

  11. Alternative: Incremental Project Management • Disadvantages of the Incremental model: • Since Google Wave is created on an open source platform, external developer input could cause significant scope creep in future phases • With less initial tools in an initial release, the usability and application of the software could be impacted • The development team may change during the phases of the implementation (Wysocki, 2009, p. 360)

  12. Alternative: Incremental Project Management • Advantages of the Incremental model: • A full release of a simplified version of the software could have been made available so that users were not limited to number of invitations • More complete additional feature and fix packages could have been released in additional phases • Would allow for external developers to use the tool in a more real life environment and make suggestions and requests that could be planned and incorporated in future phases • A more complete but simplified initial release would have created less negative consumer opinions about the value of the product

  13. Alternative: Traditional Project ManagementFigure 3.0

  14. Alternative: Traditional Project Management Advantages of Traditional Project Management • Entire Project Is Scheduled at the Beginning of the Project • Resource Requirements Are Known from the Start • The Linear PMLC Model Does Not Require the Most Skilled Team Members • Team Members Do Not Have to Be Co-Located

  15. Alternative: Traditional Project Management Disadvantages of Traditional Project Management • Does Not Accommodate Change Very Well • Costs Too Much • Takes Too Long before Any Deliverables Are Produced • Requires Complete and Detailed Plans • Must Follow a Rigid Sequence of Processes • Is Not Focused on Client Value

  16. Recommendation • Incremental Method • Usable in a real life scenario • Less time spent managing preview users • Less focus on issues of usability by developers

  17. Follow Up 3, 6, 9, and 12 month intervals Surveys Outside evaluation Tester team Benchmarking

  18. Q and A

  19. References CBS News (2010). MS Predicts Google Wave To Face Scrutiny. Retrieved Saturday June 5, 2010 from http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/26/tech/main6142725.shtml Clabun, T. (2009). Information Week. Enterprise 2.0: Google Wave, A Solution Seeking a Problem. Retrieved Saturday, June 6, 2010 from: http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/web_services/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600529 Corcoran, D. (2009, November 13). Google Wave Explained. Retrieved on 6/14/2010, from: http://www.batipi.com/blog/google-wave-makes-collaboration-simple.html Gaudin, S. (2010, January). Google Risks Losing Focus Amid Expansion. Computerworld,44(2), 14.  Retrieved June 11, 2010, from ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry. (Document ID: 1954562211). Google Wave (2010). Google Wave help. Retrieved June 2, 2010 from: http://www.google.com/support/wave/bin/static.py?page=known_issues.cs Google Wave Open To All. (2010, May). Informationweek - Online. Retrieved June 2, 2010, from: ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry. (Document ID: 2037271081).

  20. References cont. Krazit, T. (2009, July). Google Wave Had A Reality Check. Retrieved Saturday June 5, 2010 from: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/31/tech/cnettechnews/main5201884.shtml Krazit,T.(2009,September). Google Wave Ready For Wider Testing. Retrieved Saturday June 6, 2010 from: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10363025-265.html?tag=mncol Ludwig, C. (2003). Extreme Project Management. Retrieved on 6/10/2010, from: http://www.gantthead.com/article.cfm?ID=195815 Project Management Institute (2008). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK Guide) (4th ed.). Pennsylvania: Project Management Institute, Inc. Scott, Jeffrey (June 27, 2009). Understanding Google Wave Development –Part 1 Web Development News Retrieved Tuesday, June 8, 2010 from: http://webdevnews.net/2009/06/understanding-google-wave-development-part-1/ Seibet, Martin (November 26, 2009). Why Google Wave Sucks and Why you will use it anyway TechCrunch. Retrieved May 16, 2002 from: http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/26/why-google-wave-sucks/

  21. References cont. Software Development Lifecycle. (2008, 04 27). Retrieved 06 14, 2010, from Qastation: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://qastation.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/incremental_model1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://qastation.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/software-development-life-cycle-part-5/&usg=__8ui7jjPYXo2rlqx3VWof3PMHlik=&h=296&w=543&sz=21&hl=en& Thomsett, R. (Aug. 16, 2002). “eXtreme Project Management Concepts”. Retrieved on May 12, 2010, from: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=28690. Trapani, G. (2010, May). GOOGLE WAVE EXPLAINED. Macworld,27(5), 49.  Retrieved June 2, 2010, from: ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry. (Document ID: 2022346131). Wysocki, R. (2009). Effective project management: traditional, agile, extreme. (5th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, Inc. 

  22. Photo credits A Dive into the google wave extensions gallery. (2010, 03 15). Retrieved 06 14, 2010, from Web Worker Dailey: http://webworkerdaily.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/wave_napkin.png Cocoran, D. (n.d.). Google Wave Explained. Retrieved 06 14, 2010, from BATIPT: ttp://www.batipi.com/blog/google-wave-makes-collaboration-simple.html I love google Wave. (n.d.). Retrieved 06 14, 2010, from Google: ilovegooglewave.com/about/ Introducing Google Wave. (n.d.). Retrieved 06 14, 2010, from Google Wave: sites.google.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/googlewave/ Lee, M. (2009, 09 16). The digitial Tidal Wave-Google Wave. Retrieved 06 14, 2010, from Marvin Lee Dot Net: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://marvinlee.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/google_wave_gadgets.png&imgrefurl=http://marvinlee.net/blog/2009/09/the-digital-tidal-wave-google-wave/&usg=__yxUDsJF-sYOOf8LITJh4-9fSmZE=&h=402&w=603&sz=174&hl=en&st Tech World. (n.d.). Retrieved 06 14, 2010, from search.techworld.com/tag/facebook-login

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