Two porcelain whiteboards — one in the open floor, one in a huddle room — were specified because the team works out ideas standing up, not in scheduled meetings.
The floor is open plan with small huddle rooms around the perimeter. Ideas start wherever two people happen to be standing, which meant the writing surface had to be within reach of both.
Two boards were installed: one on the open floor beside the breakout table, and one filling the wall of the huddle room.
Both are used daily, and both fill up — workflow diagrams, user journeys, sprint sketches. The boards are wiped at the end of a project and start again the next morning.
Porcelain enamel was chosen for the erase quality rather than the durability. On a board that is written on, half-erased and rewritten several times a day, marker residue builds up on painted surfaces within months. Porcelain wipes clean without solvent.
Both boards are magnetic, so printed references are attached alongside the drawings.