[Sigia-l] IA and Agile Processes

[Andrew]

Jeff Lash wrote:

>The trick would be doing the right tasks and deliverables at the right time.
>When colocated, time should be spent with the internal customer and
>developers, creating paper prototypes and dealing with technical issues,
>fleshing out the details, obtaining agreement. Then, I could see going
>"home" and translating the rough ideas into a functional prototype and
>starting to spec out the UI; these, after all, are things that require less
>collaboration. Next, test with end users, come back and make some changes,
>and then repeat the cycle over again.
>
>Has anyone tried something like this?
>  
>
Hi Jeff,

I've done it both ways... both:
- sit in, run around with internal customers/designers/managers, record 
and analyse, fall over at the end of the day, get up and do it again, and
- swoop in, gather information, discuss needs, and run away to another 
site, do the same, go to home/office, analyse, plot, scheme, and then 
swoop in to deliver, refine, gather again.

There are pros and cons to both. It is easier to go see someone casually 
if you happen to be in the same state/country as them (especially those 
sites where mobile phones are disallowed), but you don't get distracted 
by the "hey you shoulda seen me at the golf course on Saturday" stuff. 
Not that I mind the golf stories, but they get in the way sometimes. 
There are a thousand other things to say about this, but then I would be 
telling golf stories too :)

Cheers, Andrew