Power of Transparency

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The Power of Transparency

Sarah Allen@ultrasaurus

Higher Quality

Lower Cost

Open SourceCommunity

CodeDocumentation

Lean StartupBusiness DevelopmentCustomer Collaboration

Open Source

Community

–the Starfish and the Spider

“the unstoppable power of leaderless organizations”

–the Starfish and the Spider

“The Nant’an led by example and held no coercive power. Tribe members followed the

Nant’an because they wanted to, not because they had to”

– Jo Freemanthe Tyranny of Structurelessness

“ there is no such thing as a structureless group”

github.com/railsbridge/organizing

I Pull Requests

Tyranny of the Pull Request

Transparency is the antidoteto false meritocracy.

Code

github.com/18F/midas

http://rauchg.com/slackin/

github.com/18F/open-source-policy

Open source reveals the work in progress…

Open source reveals the work in progress,and allows for unexpected collaboration.

Documentation

Unexpected Collaboration

Lean Startup

Business Development

– Steve Blank

“A startup is an organization formed to search for a

repeatable and scalable business model.”

Transparency increases the speed of learning.

Learning FasterLowers Cost

Learning FasterDecreases Risk

Customer Collaboration

Experiment with Paper

iterate on paper till it works

“play test” your app

prepare for the unexpected

give yourself space to imagine new things

Tweet a favorite phrasein English or Spanish

@mightyverse@magmaconf

The Play Test is a Game

Rules for Play Testing

“Shut up and Watch”

Cooperation and Engagement: What can board games teach us? by Matt Leacock

Rules for Play Testing

“Shut up and Watch”

Take Notes

Take Photos

Resist providing answers.

Ask questions.

Do the scary thing

Do the scary thingthat will teach you the most.

Do the scary thingthat will teach you the most.

feedback@mightyverse.com

Be respectful of privacyMake your process visible

Reveal the work in progressLearn in the open

Collaborate with your customersDo the scary thing

Learn the mostthat lets you…

Be respectful of privacyMake your process visible

Reveal the work in progressLearn in the open

Collaborate with your customersDo the scary thing

Learn the mostthat lets you…

have fun!

railsbridge.orgbridgefoundry.org

github.com/18F/midasgithub.com/18F/open-data-maker

feedback@mightyverse.com

@ultrasaurus

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