PetBattle — Establishing the Cultural Foundation

Aidan, Ciarán, Emma, and Jen, the four engineers who have committed to work on the next evolution of PetBattle, met with Dave (a UX designer), Susan (a quality assurance consultant), and Eoin, who is leading the upcoming engagement to take PetBattle to the next level. Eoin had brought coffee and donuts and set the meeting up as a kick off for success session. Some of the team had worked together before. Jen, Dave, and Susan were brand new.

Eoin had rented some cool downtown office space that was going to be PetBattle HQ for the next few months. In the room, there were lots of movable desks, portable whiteboards, and swivel chairs, as well as bean bags and comfy foam seats. There were also some huge foam boards (a couple of inches thick and 8ft by 4ft in size) stacked up at one end of the room. All the furniture was pushed over to the other side of the room and Eoin pointed out that the team could configure the space however...