Comments on: Waterfall Bad, Washing Machine Good (IA Summit 07 Slides)

By: Safe as Milk » Blog Archive » Presenting GUADEC keynotes

Safe as Milk » Blog Archive » Presenting GUADEC keynotes — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:22:26 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: Konrad Arazny

Konrad Arazny — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:08:54 +0000

To the point. Great that you identified IA outputs. Loved the quotes!

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:23:43 +0000

Thank you for sharing your insight on methodologies, and posting your slides. I downloaded your podcast from the dConstruct site and was very inspired.
I think the failure of many projects is due to a general lack of communication between customers and developers.
How refreshing it would be if system integration projects practiced more of a washing machine approach… What a wonderful world it would be.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:49:24 +0000

Re: 29
Leisa - hook to distinguish principle from principal:

principal == concrete: person (e.g., school principal) or primary (e.g., principal objective). Hook: my pal is the principal.

principle == abstract: ideal, precept, rule.

By: links for 2007-08-16 (Leapfroglog)

links for 2007-08-16 (Leapfroglog) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:30:08 +0000

[...] 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) [...]

By: Arthur’s Words » Blog Archive » leisa: waterfall bad, washing machine good

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:09:51 +0000

[...] An elegantly simple slide show by leisa reichelt which underlines the interactive, re-iterative nature of the educational design process skillfully using post-it notes. [...]

By: ingilizce tercüme

ingilizce tercüme — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:51:55 +0000

You can also see Lisa’s slideshow here: Waterfall Bad, Washing Machine Good.

By: Hier geht’s rund « Ich mach’s

Hier geht’s rund « Ich mach’s — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:32:40 +0000

[...] Waterfall Bad, Washing Machine Good fällt in die gleiche Kategorie. [...]

By: Max

Max — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:21:25 +0000

Good presentation thanks

By: Information Design Watch » IA and the Agile Approach

Information Design Watch » IA and the Agile Approach — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:57:29 +0000

[...] 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. [...]