NEAUG meeting on Agile Web Development today at 1pm in Brattleboro, VT
Dawn Russell
Jason Mark of Gravity Switch (a web development firm in Northampton, MA) presents:
Why Agile Web Development Means Less Risk & Happier Clients.
Join NEAUG (New England Adobe Users Group) on November 6th, 2012 from 1pm – 4pm at the Marlboro Graduate Center in Brattleboro Vermont to witness a real-world demo of Agile in action – a faster, cleaner way to build websites! This continues our series on deploying new websites from scratch. In this session a website will be built in a period of three hours on one of the popular Content Management Systems!
A few years ago, Gravity Switch did an audit of our workflow and we realized the most challenging parts of their web design process was the waiting and delays.
* Waiting for feedback.
* Waiting for answers.
* Restarting that thing you were working on last week.
* Forgetting what was talked about last month.
* Staff changes at a client's location
* Strategic changes for a client over the development process
So, they made a concerted effort to eliminate risks and improve communication by removing any unnecessary "empty time" in the project. What they ended up with is an amazing process that transforms the usual 3-6 month website build process into a two week focused, concerted effort. This change resulted in a more fun, successful and less risky process for everyone involved!
Feel free to tweet @JasonNMark (http://www.twitter.com/jasonnmark) if you have any questions or specific points you'd like him