[FM Discuss] IBD part 3 or something

[adam]

The Iterative Book Development Manifesto
http://www.booki.cc/a-webpage-is-a-book/_edit/#/edit/iterative-book-development/

This is the first manifesto for Iterative Book Development. It was 
developed on the FLOSS Manuals mailing list and encompasses a value 
statement and method snippets useful for fuelling collaborative book 
development.

We value:

1. Collaboration and facilitation
2. Completed chunks over incomplete volumes
3. Here and now production over sometime soon production
4. Meaningful credit for all contributors

IBD methods:

Jam : sit in a group and brainstorms ideas, one person writes down the 
flow of consciousness. At the end the person recording the ideas tries 
to prioritise the themes and work them into the text.

Muse : 2 persons nominated 'scribe' and 'muse' sit together. The muse 
explains the ideas and the scribe writes this into sentences and 
paragraphs as they discuss.

Napkin : draw a concept on a paper and discuss it with an illustrator. 
The illustrator creates a graphical articulation of the idea.

Top Tail : go through the first and last chapters in every chapter and 
work out if they support each other and if they lead into the previous 
and next chapters nicely.

Scissors : print out a series of chapters, give copies to everyone to 
read and annotate. Print out another copy, lie it on the floor and 
restructure with scissors. Annotate with heavy markers. Reconstitute 
digitally.

Harmonise : go through lumpy text and rewrite in your voice.

Target : invite a target reader to read and and provide feedback while 
the text is in production.

Buster : go through the text and challenge all assertions.

Couch : group brainstorms ideas like the Jam method but specifically 
focuses on what makes them feel uncomfortable about the content or topic.

Posse : break away group assigned to rework and finish specific content 
(could be a block of chapters, a set of paragraphs etc) in a set time.

Fork : fork the book, restructure and present to the group.

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