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Pictofigo Promotion

I’ve been working with Pictofigo for a few months now.  I give them ideas for drawings I think others would find helpful.  In turn, I get access to some pretty cool (and original) stuff.  It’s quid pro quo at its best. There are currently over 900 drawings available for free on the Standard Pictofigo site.  In addition to those, there are 13 Premium items.  These items range from a few free desktop wallpapers to Scrum posters and traditional project management posters.  What’s the difference and why pay for stuff?  The standard site has drawings at 72 dpi resolution, perfect for a blog, website or presentation.  The Premium site has drawings at 300 dpi resolution, suitable for print or products.  Yes, I do offer links from my site to CafePress, if you want printed posters.  But, the actual high resolution drawings are available if you want to print out a few posters at a lower overall cost.  I got a notice today that Pictofigo is going to run a half off promotion on their premium content.  Because I like to encourage and support entrepreneurs, I wanted to write this quick post.  If you’re in the market for some original drawings, look them up.  They are constantly iterating on the site so check back often.  If you have an idea for a drawing or poster, give them a shout.  If you want, you can send me the request and I’ll forward it along.  To be clear, I am not Pictofigo.  I merely love what they do and want to see them succeed.

HT: Pictofigo

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Free Intro To Scrum Wallpaper

Around 2005, when I started using Scrum, I went looking for figures that would help me describe the process to my product owners, stakeholders, and my team.  I think that it’s always good to use a visual aid to help someone understand process or where they fit into that process.  Well, I found a free wallpaper over at Mountain Goat Software.  Since then, I’ve seen this exact wallpaper used over and over again by many people, to describe Scrum.

Scrum Intro Wallpaper - Mountain Goat Software

Well, I thought it was time for a refresh.  After I created my first prototype of a new wallpaper, I worked with Pictofigo to refine my vision of the Scrum process.  Because the process is centered around people, I wanted to make sure they were in the drawing.  Additionally, we made male and female versions.  This free 300 dpi wallpaper is available for download from Premium Pictofigo.  The first wallpaper (of figure) is 1600 x 1200.  More sizes will be posted soon, so you don’t have to mess with them.  Depending on feedback from the Scrum Community, we may refine the drawing a little.  To get the latest and greatest, go to the Pictofigo website and get it for free.

Scrum Intro Wallpaper - Pictofigo

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License, which means you can copy, distribute, and display the images including in commercial and derivative works as long as you include attribution to Pictofigo and myself. (just don’t delete our names)

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New ScrumMaster Poster

ScrumMasterOur newest Scrum poster(s) are ready!  We started with a poster that included the 3 primary roles of Scrum.  We then singled out each of the roles and made individual posters.  First up, the ScrumMaster.  This poster depicts a ScrumMaster with a taskboard and burndown chart behind him.  Below are the activities associated with the ScrumMaster as detailed by the Scrum Alliance.

Please note, the female version of this poster will be out soon.

This poster has been discounted, compared to our others.
Download the 300DPI image file for $14.99 to use on your own products or buy the poster!

Posters
Mini (Size: 11″ x 17″) $9.99
Small (Size: 13″ x 20″) $17.99
Large (Size:23″ x 34.5″) $21.99

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Free Drawings + Agile = Good

While I’ve been working with Pictofigo, they’ve developed over 800 free drawings (and a few premium drawings).  It’s really exciting to discover blogs that are using Pictofigo drawings.  I see new drawings almost daily and more people will benefit from this free freehand drawing search engine.

Recently, I was asked to write a guest post about an Introduction of Agile for Waterfall PMs. Now, I certainly believe if you’re going to write a blog post, you have to have a drawing or graphic included.  Pictofigo Sprint Mockup
Where else should I turn to get my drawing or graphic to capture Agile for non-agile people? For several years, I’ve seen people go over to Mountain Goat Software and use their illustrations and figures.  These are awesome and free!  Sometimes the users give credit to Mountain Goat, sometimes they don’t (though they should).  So, to start fresh, I did a quick v1.0 mockup using free Pictofigo drawings.  It only took me about 20 minutes to do this.  What do you think?

For my first iteration, I captured the following:

  • Product Backlog
  • Sprint Backlog
  • 2-4 week iterations (Sprints)
  • Daily (Scrum or Stand-up) meeting every 24 hours
  • Potentially deployable/shippable product increment

Though this is just a rough mockup, you get the idea.  Get out there an build something!  Hopefully, by the time I complete my guest post, I’ll have a refined drawing for everyone to download.  Until then, iterate, iterate, iterate!

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Process Groups Poster

Process GroupsAfter we published our first Scrum Posters, I was asked if we were going to create Non-Scrum Posters.  The answer is YES!

Today we completed our (first) one-of-a-kind Pictofigo Project Management poster.  The Project Management Process Groups poster is now available to purchase from Cafepress. There are links below and a new link in the header of this site.  If you wish to apply this image to your own products, just go to Premium Pictofigo and purchase the high resolution file.

Are you studying for, or have recently passed, a popular project management exam? PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS GROUPS captures five process groups and playfully details several of the activities of each. Includes Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitor & Controlling, and Closing.

Mini Poster (Size: 17″ x 11″) just $14.99

Small Poster (Size: 20″ x 13″) just $19.99

Large Poster (Size:34.5″ x 23″) just $24.99

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