Comments on: Pilots or Beta? http://www.jarche.com/2010/03/pilots-or-beta/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: uberVU - social comments http://www.jarche.com/2010/03/pilots-or-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-196209 uberVU - social comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:19:43 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=3672#comment-196209 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by snarethejob: Pilots or Beta? http://bit.ly/cw6poF #ELearning... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Harold Jarche http://www.jarche.com/2010/03/pilots-or-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-196165 Harold Jarche Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:05:25 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=3672#comment-196165 Thanks, Anthony, we seem to be of the same opinion - it's all about the organizational culture and an acceptance of change. Thanks, Anthony, we seem to be of the same opinion – it’s all about the organizational culture and an acceptance of change.

]]> By: Anthony Bradley http://www.jarche.com/2010/03/pilots-or-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-196164 Anthony Bradley Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:45:26 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=3672#comment-196164 When you said "If it is viewed as something done on the side and not part of the real business, then it may be doomed to failure" you hit the nail directly on the head. When I talk of "Pilot" I'm referring to an artificially restricted implementation to test the waters and mitigate risks. I see perpetual Beta as something entirely different. With social media I talk about mitigating risk by restricting the scope (and thereby the required functionality). Then, if you are good enough to garner a community then the community takes over the environment roadmap. This is socially driven perpetual Beta. If you take it seriously, have a purpose and go to it with all you have then I don't care what you call it. The only caveat I will throw out there is that you must understand what the term "pilot" means to the target audience. If they feel the term implies a lack of effort and resolve then adoption can suffer. When you said “If it is viewed as something done on the side and not part of the real business, then it may be doomed to failure” you hit the nail directly on the head. When I talk of “Pilot” I’m referring to an artificially restricted implementation to test the waters and mitigate risks. I see perpetual Beta as something entirely different. With social media I talk about mitigating risk by restricting the scope (and thereby the required functionality). Then, if you are good enough to garner a community then the community takes over the environment roadmap. This is socially driven perpetual Beta. If you take it seriously, have a purpose and go to it with all you have then I don’t care what you call it. The only caveat I will throw out there is that you must understand what the term “pilot” means to the target audience. If they feel the term implies a lack of effort and resolve then adoption can suffer.

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