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Live Demonstrations vs Recorded Demos

Developers should learn and use live demonstrations to effectively communicate technical value, build stakeholder confidence, and facilitate collaborative decision-making in software projects meets developers should learn to create recorded demos when they need to document complex features, onboard new team members, or provide user support without live demonstrations. Here's our take.

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Live Demonstrations

Developers should learn and use live demonstrations to effectively communicate technical value, build stakeholder confidence, and facilitate collaborative decision-making in software projects

Live Demonstrations

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Developers should learn and use live demonstrations to effectively communicate technical value, build stakeholder confidence, and facilitate collaborative decision-making in software projects

Pros

  • +Specific use cases include sprint reviews in Scrum, client presentations for product demos, and onboarding sessions to train users or team members on new tools
  • +Related to: public-speaking, agile-methodologies

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Recorded Demos

Developers should learn to create recorded demos when they need to document complex features, onboard new team members, or provide user support without live demonstrations

Pros

  • +This is particularly useful in agile development cycles for sprint reviews, in open-source projects for contributor guidance, or in enterprise settings for training materials and reducing repetitive explanations
  • +Related to: screen-capture-software, video-editing

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Live Demonstrations if: You want specific use cases include sprint reviews in scrum, client presentations for product demos, and onboarding sessions to train users or team members on new tools and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Recorded Demos if: You prioritize this is particularly useful in agile development cycles for sprint reviews, in open-source projects for contributor guidance, or in enterprise settings for training materials and reducing repetitive explanations over what Live Demonstrations offers.

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The Bottom Line
Live Demonstrations wins

Developers should learn and use live demonstrations to effectively communicate technical value, build stakeholder confidence, and facilitate collaborative decision-making in software projects

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