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The Integration of Design and Agile Development
with Alice Toth Senior User Experience Designer, Pathfinder Development
AGILE AND ME a story with just enough documentation.
A typical waterfall project produces pages and page of end-to-end requirements for the entire project as it is envisioned (but not necessarily as it will be built). The people compiling these requirements are, of course, part of an assembly with only the most cursory involvement with others outside their department. After all 9,238 lbs. of paper are heaved over the wall with a hearty “good luck!” and a cheery wave, the silos are once again in place and silence is golden.
While agile was taking hold of development, design was still stuck in the waterfall method. So why not blend the two and run the entire project in an agile fashion, starting with requirements. Here's how we do it at Pathfinder: