Dave - Agile is not one way of doing things. It's a movement away from traditional software development. Agile embraces a process much more in step with the traditional design process. The people I've worked with who are leaders in agile, debate agile methods among themselves - and practice those methods that work for them. There is no agile movement to disagree with or fight - there is just the idealistic manifesto which is only the spark that ignited a flame. Real world agile is simply a collaborative development process rather than a development team locking themselves in a room and not coming out until the product is finished. Cooper speaks very clearly to this and suggest the interaction designer take the leadership role in the early stages of the product. I agree.
I believe Cooper's reference to aesthetics is through the word 'tactile'. The vast majority of developers do not discuss aesthetics - they don't understand it because it is not concrete. They have little knowledge and understanding of typography, color theory, or the basic principles of visual design. Since when is interaction design not analytical or empirical - that is at our core is it not? It's interaction design's empiricalness that makes it so useful. If you recall from Cooper's 2008 keynote, he gave the advice that interaction designers should utilize their research and data as a tool to engage the developers. They respond to data and logic. I read this new presentation feeling that what he describes is what I've been doing for the past year. -b ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
