On 01/27/2015 03:59 PM, Lukas Ocilka wrote: > Moin, > > I've discussed this with some of you already. Anyway, for the rest... > > The problem definition is this: We often have something we'd like to > discuss with others and get a quick response. At least I have these > quite often. Mailing-list works only partly as people have too much time > for their response and sometimes do not respond at all, so quick and > still good solution that could be made in 30 minutes takes two weeks. > > There is a simple solution: Brainstorming - that's proven to bring fast > and good ideas (please, +1 if you are interested, -1 if not). > > How to implement it with distributed team? We have plenty of > possibilities: phone conference (people only hear you and you can't > share your, e.g., drawings), video conference Orange/Rome (only > internal, e.g., Ancor can't join), G+ Hangout (some of you don't like > using Google), Internal web-based audio/video system (not tested by me). > Other ideas welcomed!
Google Hangout works like a charm. I use it every day with highly distributed teams. Drawback: the big brother. We also have a SUSE internal instance of OpenMeetings at http://137.65.69.121:5080/openmeetings/ Drawback: it requires Flash. Performance is not as good as Hangouts. We could also install a Janus server and have something like this http://janus.conf.meetecho.com/videomcutest.html I based my last Hackweek project[1] on Janus and we did some test calls with pretty decent results. We would have full control on the UI (it's just some javascript). Drawback: we need a machine in NUE or PRG to host the server. > How this could work? I'd book some time in everyone's groupwise (1 hour > max per week) including a conference room with video system (if needed). > Then everyone could mention their theme on the weekly call or via > mailing-list and when will the brainstorming happen. Everyone could > decide whether to join (or not). > > Would it help with your issues? Yes, I think so. > It would definitely work for me. Would > it also work for you? Other ideas? How is this being done in other teams > or in other companies? In the former openSUSE team we used Google Hangout in a quite spontaneous way. We had (and still have) a fixed virtual room (actually a hangout event planned for 2018) and we used the diary stand-up meeting or IRC to coordinate meetings there whenever needed. It was the logical and natural step after using the same room everyday for the stand-up meetings. Cheers. [1] https://hackweek.suse.com/11/projects/248 -- Ancor González Sosa YaST Team at SUSE Linux GmbH -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
