I'm going to take a minor "quibble" here and say that my experience is that agencies *can* be more methodical. My experience working with 'innies" as an "outie" is that innies end up chasing short-term fixes with little method.
And the "methods" used for innies tend to be "six sigma" type of meta processes. Though this probably depends as much on the company as the innie/outie bit. Places like Cooper have certainly demonstrated that you can have a repeatable process. And studios like frog have engagements that can be fast and furious where you alter process to fit the project more often. Gretchen -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dante Murphy Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 11:26 AM To: Vishal Iyer; IxDA Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Working in an Agency v/s Innie In my experience, the answer to all of your questions is "it depends". The one constant I have encountered is that agencies tend to be high-throughput while innies tend to be more methodical. So if you like it fast and furious, go to an agency. If you like to follow a defined process (almost) every time, go innie. All a matter of personal preference. Dante Murphy | Director of Information Architecture | D I G I T A S H E A L T H 229 South 18th Street, 2nd Floor | Rittenhouse Square | Philadelphia, PA 19103 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.digitashealth.com -----Original Message----- What's your experience been? What are the pros & cons with regards to design process, org structure, work environment, career pathing etc. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
