Re: [IxDA Discuss] This is our process, need your input

2009-09-20 Thread Michelle Rajunov
My quandary is that you mention "developers" in #3 and #16/18, and it seems the developers' input is more of a "let me know if we are doing something impossible, otherwise we'll just go along" type of feedback, and the coding starts after the design is finalized. Developers can't always predict t

Re: [IxDA Discuss] This is our process, need your input

2009-09-18 Thread Eirik Midttun
#1-19 looks an awful lot like Big Design Up Front (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Design_Up_Front) and that is definitly not Agile. Just adding to the points already made by Brian and Navid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://

Re: [IxDA Discuss] This is our process, need your input

2009-09-18 Thread Brian
Navid, Great response. You hit the nail on the head. That was very well put and sounds like a real fun agile scenario. I mean the whole point of the process in my opinion is really for everyone to get a chance to have some ownership and put there expertise into the product from the beginning and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] This is our process, need your input

2009-09-18 Thread Navid Sadikali
Generally, it is great that you're thinking through this...that means people are committed to UX. I'll list some areas of consideration (may not be problems but might be opportunities yet) 1) Are designers able to do do user research? (outside of usability testing, in a raw setting). It is amazin

Re: [IxDA Discuss] This is our process, need your input

2009-09-18 Thread Brian
Lets pull out the key words here and see where you have them. You have the word "design" in step #2. The first time I see the word code is in step #20. 50-80% of user stories are written in step 10. This should be step 1 and should be done by the product owners(CEO/VP). You should be voting on h

Re: [IxDA Discuss] This is our process, need your input

2009-09-18 Thread ELISABETH HUBERT
Some things that stand out to me and I apologize if they are out of order. First, I'm curious if the CEO and VP get their requirements from the user. Meaning is anyone ask the user what updates they need to complete their tasks. As you know it's usually a balance between user and business needs.

[IxDA Discuss] This is our process, need your input

2009-09-17 Thread Jonathon Juvenal
This has been on my mind a lot lately. I feel like our process is very fast and accomplishes the right things, but I don't have much to compare it to. It'd really mean a lot to me to know your company's design process and to gather any feedback you have on the process I outline below. I'm lookin