Jazz & Agile
Posted by: Travis Schmeisser on Friday July 25, 2008
To stay relevant and truly solve the problems at hand we always have to evolve. Examining your process and refining it is something every company should constantly do. That said, a good framework for process helps everyone involved. There are less questions and confusion when everyone knows where you’re headed.
Agile software development does this and is a great methodology to apply across your projects, but not just for software. It’s sister (or cousin?) method Getting Real gets a lot closer, but still focuses mostly on software. Anyone currently practicing modern web design knows these practices. What we need to do is let them spread across our process and client work. They need to infiltrate how we think about every step.
Your content process may not make sense to a certain client. Your design process may not work for every project. Learn to tweak your process, change as you go and roll with the punches. I like to call it “playing jazz.”
If we stay flexible in our process, we can deliver what our clients need no matter what point of the project we’re in. I think that makes us “Getting Really Jazzy.”
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