FedEx Day
While on my usual web travels, I came across a great idea from the guys at Atlassian. Every so often, they hold a FedEx Day. The idea is simple, the team chooses a new project/technology that they would like to work on and the task must be deliverable in one day (hence Fedex Day - "We deliver.")
The rules are:
- The project/technology must be something new i.e. something that the developer/team has never worked on before, but something that they'd like to try.
- The task must be something 'out of the ordinary'.
- Each developer (or group) chooses their own project.
- Pizza must be bought in. The fridge must also be stocked with beer, juice and Coke.
- The task must be something tangible (it doesn't have to be something ready to ship, but it must be something that can be shown to the team at the end of the 24 hour period).
- Tasks can be team or individual projects.
- Work on each project starts at exactly 4pm on a Thursday, work stops at exactly 4pm on Friday. Each project must then be demonstrated during the team review.
- The developers must post a blog entry for each project once they team review has finished.
The inaugural Starlight FedEx Day will take place on Thursday/Friday 17th/18th June. The entire Starlight team will not be available during this period (no emails or phone calls). Watch this space.