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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

InnovationTraining.org

is the guiding question, and we develop solutions based upon our understanding of the answer. becomes the salient question, and discovering the likely answers determines the responses that will be developed. This includes systems architecture, as well as specific hardware and software systems. Core Elements of Waterfall.

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As our lives become more automated, these are the skills you’ll need

Faisal Hoque

For instance, an engineer who can develop brilliant new product designs but who can’t effectively communicate the value of those designs to others (or collaborate with design teams to bring those ideas to life) is doing himself and his organization a major disservice. FOCUSING ON “SOFT SKILLS” PAYS OFF–LITERALLY.

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As our lives become more automated, these are the skills you’ll need

Faisal Hoque

For instance, an engineer who can develop brilliant new product designs but who can’t effectively communicate the value of those designs to others (or collaborate with design teams to bring those ideas to life) is doing himself and his organization a major disservice. FOCUSING ON “SOFT SKILLS” PAYS OFF–LITERALLY.

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Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment

Boxes and Arrows

I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. This is an extreme example of where SCRUM went bad.

Agile 108
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The Engineering Stakeholder Interview

Boxes and Arrows

Try to speak with engineering management as well as the design engineer(s), if such a role exists; it’s seldom a good idea to involve the entire engineering team at this point. If there are no design engineers, a system architect and GUI lead may be the best option for software expertise. Engineering stakeholders.

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IA Summit 09 - Day 2

Boxes and Arrows

He shares the factors that influence how effective various prototyping methodologies will be and how to choose wisely; what level of effort you will need to invest in prototyping in order to get useful feedback; and how to permanently integrate prototyping into your software development process in a way that is effective for your organization.

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Agile vs Waterfall: what are the differences?

mjvinnovation

Traditionally, the Waterfall model is a linear approach that has a sequence of events somewhat like this: To Gather and document requirements; To draw; Code and unit test; To Perform the system test; To Perform the user acceptance test; To Correct any problem; To Deliver the finished product. There are good and bad things about this approach.

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