project flux - agile experiments

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Why does this project exist?•It seemed like a good idea at the time•Wanted to play with computer vision using a cheap system•Scrum seems to be harder than it could be

•Physical or electronic board?•Better visibility without more admin

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QR Codes – The glue•Needed some way to tie the different systems together•Looked at a lot of options:

•NFC•RFID•Vuforia frame markers

•Rejected all these for similar reasons:•Cost (Monetary and effort / time)•Complexity

•QR Codes are simple to generate and to read•We can simply encode the ticket ID. With other systems we need some way to link to ID.

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So, what did we do?•Tool to print out tickets with QR codes•Android app for easier interaction with a JIRA board•Python app to monitor a physical board and update a JIRA board•A bonus prototype (Watch this space!)

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Card Printer•Simple Java app to print QR coded tickets•Currently imports from CSV but can be done using REST•PDF Layout using iText

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Card Printer

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Android app•Easy way to link physical board to electronic ticket using QR codes•Focus on only developing functions you’d use regularly on a mobile phone

•View state of the sprint (Burndown, Open, in progress closed tickets)•View details of specific tickets•Assign a ticket to somebody•View and add comments on a ticket•View attachments on a ticket•Change status of a ticket (We didn’t get to this one)

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Android app

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Python app•Designed to have only one simple job

•When a physical ticket moves, update the electronic version•Achieved by running on a Raspberry Pi with Camera module (Total cost: R1485)•OpenCV to detect movement•REST services to update ticket

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Python app

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Augmented Reality•Ran out of time, so only prototyped•Done using Unity and Vuforia•Augmented view of project board•Plan is to overlay info on tickets. More tickets less detail

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Augmented Reality

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Where do we go from here?•Android project is useful – Continue development

•Add useful functionality, but be careful to not overdo it•Integrate augmented functionality

•Card printer – Useful as is•Fetch tickets using REST to make it even simpler

•Raspberry Pi solution just not viable yet•Might work with a pan & tilt mount•Probably worth playing with using this as a build server•Can integrate with physical devices to show build status (Lava lamps anybody?)

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Questions?