I was on a panel at the IA Summit over the weekend titled ‘where does IA fit in the design process‘. I was staking a case for Agile UCD, and these are the slides I used to outline my case in 5 minutes or less (Of course, you could talk about this topic for hours, so this is very much just an overview!).I’d be interested to hear your thoughts/experiences!
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[…] Waterfall Bad, Washing Machine Good Leisa Reichelt’s IA Summit 07 presentation on the role of IA in the design process identifies the failures of a waterfall design process and argues that an agile, iterative design process is superior. Slide 14 is right on. […]
[…] Leisa Reichelt is a renowned user interface designer whose name is pronounced as “Lisa”, and who comes highly recommended. Some of her past presentations are available online, including this presentation which she gave at the IA Summit 2007, or this one from BarCamp London, or this one from te Future of Web Apps talking about “ambient intimacy, the idea that what we really get from social networks is the impression that we’re close to friends & family whenever we want to be, regardless of distance & time constraints. […]
[…] disambiguity – » Waterfall Bad, Washing Machine Good (IA Summit 07 Slides) Not sure I bookmarked this the first time around. I’ve hardly ever seen the joys of iterative processes been explained in such a concise and fun way. Good stuff. (tags: LeisaReichelt design development process methodologies presentations slides agile iterative IA UX informationarchitecture userexperience) […]
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[…] Earlier this month, Fastcompany.com plugged the agile development approach that was used to redesign its home page. The approach in a nutshell, according to blogger Ed Sussman: “Vision, release, test, iterate. Repeat. Quickly.” Speaking metaphorically, think of design and development as a washing machine, not a waterfall. The organization initially planned to release the new design as part of a larger effort that encompassed new features and functionality. But in the end, they decided against it: What if we had waited to get it all just right before we released FC Expert Bloggers? We’d still be in the dugout. We’d have been guessing instead of seeing what the market actually thinks. In an effort to make our product perfect, we probably would have been forced to spend loads of money fixing problems that might not have mattered to our readers. […]
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[…] Concept influenced by Leisa at Disambiguity.com […]
[…] This brilliant presentation was given at the IA Summit by Leisa Reichelt, a brilliant Interaction Design/User Experience expert from the UK. I’ve already heard a bunch of others use her metaphor, which I think works really well in illuminating the fact that design isn’t linear at all…it’s a neverending cycle of design -release – get feedback – design, etc. […]
[…] I was heavily inspired by the website for a book, No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July as well as this Power Point show by Leisa Reichelt. […]
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[…] Amazing slide deck here. Leisa Reichelt is my hero. […]
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[…] Waterfall Bad, Washing Machine Good (IA Summit 07 Slides) [Disambiguity via Web Worker Daily ] […]
[…] Lisa Reichelt put together this fantastic presentation for the IA Summit: […]
[…] Leisa Reich (author of the blog Disambiguity) has created a mash-up of PowerPoint slides and Post-It notes in a presentation about information architecture. From the post at Web Worker Daily: The result is much more human than the flat boxes and computerized typefaces of PowerPoint. I bet it’s more fun to create a presentation that way too, because you get the physical pleasure of writing the notes and shifting them around. […]
[…] Make Your PowerPoint Presentation More Human with Post-It Notes Leisa Reichelt of Disambiguity came up with a really cool way to mash up PowerPoint slides with sticky notes, in the form of her presentation for the Information Architecture Summit held in Las Vegas at the end of last month. She put bullet points and diagrams on individual post-its then arranged and photographed them for each slide. The result is much more human than the flat boxes and computerized typefaces of PowerPoint. I bet it’s more fun to create a presentation that way too, because you get the physical pleasure of writing the notes and shifting them around. […]
[…] Nice presentation for those interested in software application development: Waterfall Bad, Washing Machine Good. I must admit I think this slide show would be much better with audio adding details… As it stands now it is a nice slide show (though maybe only if you already agree with the idea of agile development practices). […]
[…] You can also see Lisa’s slideshow here: Waterfall Bad, Washing Machine Good […]
[…] disambiguity – » Waterfall Bad, Washing Machine Good (IA Summit 07 Slides) love the presentation content as well as the post-it notes photographed on my kitchen table. also, that doggie on the last slide is awfully cute! (tags: conferences agile information-architecture) […]
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