At my small company we're somewhere between A and B ... we do a lot of work as a single unit, all giving input into the various components, but then we break off to perform tasks based on our specialties and each take ownership of our own piece. The final decision is left up to the "specialist" even though the initial direction was decided as a group, and there are usually a couple large stakeholders who challenge all our decisions :)
As for tools, we're using the Google Apps premium suite and it's worked great for us. Shared docs take care of all collaborative writing, the shared calendars are great for scheduling, and now with Sites we can make pages with inspirations and references... it works for us. Matt. On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 7:45 AM, mark schraad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a lot of conversation about working collaboratively on this > board. Mostly regarding results and software to facilitate. I have > identified four basic structures for group work that I am intimately > familiar with. I am curious what people are participating in, and if > there are other derivations? > > A) Group think > Multiple people in a group. Disciplines might vary. The group marches > forward in lock step... while there may be diverse opinions, the > group makes democratic decisions. This is essentially 6 people > working as one. > > B) Group Input > This is primarily one lead designer, with a regular cast of others > that provide constant or frequent feedback and ideas. The decision > process, however, is centralized as the lead has final say and > ownership. > > C) Diverse team > This group has distinct roles that are not duplicated such as... IA, > UX, Visual, Product, Project, Engineering, Dev... The decisions of > general direction are made as a group, specific decisions are made by > the designated expert. > > D) Waterfall > This is really group work in name only. Each individual does their > specific job in sequence following the lead of either product or > project management. > > Just curious... what do you participate in? What would you prefer? > What is been most successful in your experience? And are there other > varieties? > > Thanks, > > Mark > PS - I realize this is rather simplistic... but this venue kind of > screams for contrast of ideas. -- Matt Nish-Lapidus work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.bibliocommons.com -- personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
