Comments on: Open design sessions http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/ Adaptive Path Blog Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:23:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Brett http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-179339 Brett Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:01:24 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-179339 I just proposed an 'open design workshop' to one of my clients. They're looking at a 6 month long software build and they're starting to spec the application. They didn't get it (the idea) first time round. Trying again... :) Seriously though, fantastic idea and I love the thought of an unobstructed flow of possibly unrelated information around a potential application. This is then absorbed by the architect, filtered, re-aligned and hopefully the end product is the better for it. It's also a great way to add visibility to a project, or team in an organisation, and promote themselves as unconventional and insightful - my idea of good business team. I just proposed an ‘open design workshop’ to one of my clients. They’re looking at a 6 month long software build and they’re starting to spec the application. They didn’t get it (the idea) first time round. Trying again… :)
Seriously though, fantastic idea and I love the thought of an unobstructed flow of possibly unrelated information around a potential application. This is then absorbed by the architect, filtered, re-aligned and hopefully the end product is the better for it. It’s also a great way to add visibility to a project, or team in an organisation, and promote themselves as unconventional and insightful - my idea of good business team.

]]> By: Welcome to Aurora - Adaptive Path and Mozilla Labs Concept Browser « Everything Technology & Economics http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-179312 Welcome to Aurora - Adaptive Path and Mozilla Labs Concept Browser « Everything Technology & Economics Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:40:25 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-179312 [...] written before about Adaptive Path’s open design sessions: regular open-invitation forums that allow project team members to draw on the perspectives of [...] [...] written before about Adaptive Path’s open design sessions: regular open-invitation forums that allow project team members to draw on the perspectives of [...]

]]> By: adaptive path » blog » Jesse James Garrett » Aurora: Inside the Design Process and Concepts http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-179303 adaptive path » blog » Jesse James Garrett » Aurora: Inside the Design Process and Concepts Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:27:42 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-179303 [...] written before about Adaptive Path’s open design sessions: regular open-invitation forums that allow project team members to draw on the perspectives of [...] [...] written before about Adaptive Path’s open design sessions: regular open-invitation forums that allow project team members to draw on the perspectives of [...]

]]> By: links for 2007-04-24 (Leapfroglog) http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-73115 links for 2007-04-24 (Leapfroglog) Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:17:38 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-73115 [...] adaptive path » blog » blog archive » Open design sessions Garrett describes a neat trick Adaptive Path uses to get as many designers involved on projects as possible without it dissolving into chaos. (tags: design UX userexperience open cooperation organization) [...] [...] adaptive path » blog » blog archive » Open design sessions Garrett describes a neat trick Adaptive Path uses to get as many designers involved on projects as possible without it dissolving into chaos. (tags: design UX userexperience open cooperation organization) [...]

]]> By: Adrian Howard http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-71436 Adrian Howard Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:55:42 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-71436 Oh yes. It's such an effective technique that I'm amazed that more people don't do it. Other groups that I've found it useful to bring in are technical support, technical authors, and (of course) the developers. There seems to be this terrible fear among some UX folk about any sort of collaborative design work. The bogey man of Design By Committee raises its head and people run away screaming :-) Oh yes. It’s such an effective technique that I’m amazed that more people don’t do it. Other groups that I’ve found it useful to bring in are technical support, technical authors, and (of course) the developers.

There seems to be this terrible fear among some UX folk about any sort of collaborative design work. The bogey man of Design By Committee raises its head and people run away screaming :-)

]]> By: Daniel Szuc http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-71369 Daniel Szuc Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:10:30 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/04/17/open-design-sessions/#comment-71369 Wonderful! If outputs could be captured to form an "AP design library" (one for today and one for the future - with new web developments) - this would be an incredibly useful and valuable resource. Wonderful!

If outputs could be captured to form an “AP design library” (one for today and one for the future - with new web developments) - this would be an incredibly useful and valuable resource.

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