The Agile Manifesto makes little mention of anyone except developers pairing with each other. Designers and developers should work more closely. Share desk space, war stories, and insight into customers and technology. From better mutual understanding comes better results. In this presentation from YOW! Connected 2015, developer Charles Korn and designer Greg Skinner discuss just how valuable designer and developer pairing can be. They use examples to cover off pairing developers with designers: from understanding of the customer to the opportunities presented by the technology, and why it’s so relevant in our IoT, mobile, and multi-touchpoint society.

1. MEET ME HALFWAY
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Charles Korn and Greg Skinner
YOW CONNECTED 2015
DEVELOPERS AND DESIGNERS PAIRING FOR THE WIN

2. A LITTLE ABOUT US
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GREG
DESIGNER
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@GREG1586
CHARLES
DEVELOPER
enjoys lego far too much
CHARLESKORN.COM

3. WHO ARE THOUGHTWORKS?
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a global consultancy aimed at improving the world through software

4. WHO ARE WE?
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WHO ARE WE?

6. WHAT
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we think
developers and designers
should pair
like developers and other developers do

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CUSTOMER!

8. SPEED TO VALUE
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9. KEY TAKE-AWAYS
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IDEA TECHNOLOGY VALUE

10. KEY TAKE-AWAYS
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
DELIVERY
VALUE
IDEA
+

11. KEY TAKEAWAYS
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
DELIVERY
VALUE
IDEA
+

12. WHY
to deliver more value
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13. SPEED TO VALUE
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14. WHEN
not all the time
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15. WHEN
not all the time
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16. WHERE
at a computer
OR
in front of some users
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17. OR BETTER:
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WHY NOT BOTH?

18. HOW
one asks the other
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19. LIVE
PAIRING
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20. scenario
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I want to wish people
happy birthday

21. DELEGATE
get the internet to do the hard work for
you both
USE FRAMEWORKS
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22. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
show your client
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Wow! that was
super fast!

23. GO TO A PERSON.
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24. SHOW THINGS TO THAT PERSON
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25. DO SOME TESTING
(BOTH OF YOU)
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designer
developer customers

26. PUSH EARLY, PUSH OFTEN
so people can see it
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27. yc.charleskorn.com
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28. GATHER YOUR USER FEEDBACK
look at your analytics, learn from your users
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29. ADAPT TO THAT FEEDBACK
choose the right technology for your users needs
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30. PUT A BIT OF STYLING AROUND IT
but not too much - it’s not art
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31. PUSH A NEWER VERSION
see whether it works any better
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32. KEEP ON ASKING
more feedback is good feedback
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33. LOOP OVER THIS PROCESS
you both have a great understanding of
user and technology
no, neither of you can do the job of the
other, but at least you get it
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CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS

37. KEY TAKE-AWAYS
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DELIVERY
TECHNOLOGY
+ +

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CUSTOMER!

39. GET TO VALUE FASTER
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Speed to value, not speed to market

40. ANY QUESTIONS?
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41. THANK YOU!
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Charles Korn and Greg Skinner

42. CREDITS
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