S taylor ILI 2012 Presentation

Walking with Developers ILI, 30/October 2012Track A - Rethinking Technology Session A102 Stephanie Taylor Critical Eye Communications criticalstepht@gmail.com

How to turn developers from this -

To this…

What you DON’T need -• A technical background• An ability to write code• A knowledge of every possible technology that could be used

What you DO need -• An ability to clearly describe what you want something to DO

Start with a workflow• Think through & describe the steps of how something should work

Then draw up your requirements• Make a list of what you need the technology to do• Note any specific standards the technology will need• Note any systems or other technologies the new technology needs to interact with• Any other important things it needs to do

Let everyone do what they do best• You know best what you want to be able to do with a tool• Let the developer(s) sort out exactly how this is done – that is not your problem

Talk The Same Language• Be very clear about what you both mean.

Be Flexible• You don’t have to understand all the technical details, you just need to be able to understand how something might impact on your workflows to make a decision.• Keep talking- it’s about teamwork.

The Hardest Things Of All• It’s your call in the eternal time versus perfection battle• Let the developers get on with it – trust their expertise

And don’t forget…• Development teams need regular supplies of kittens, coffee, cake & beer Thankyou!

Image Credits• Slide 2 - http://www.flickr.com/people/infomofo/• Slide 4 – http://www.flickr.com/people/gamerchick02/• Slides 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 11 – http://www.flickr.com/people/laurie_pink/• Slide 12 - http://www.flickr.com/people/tragically_dork/• All images used, with thanks, under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- sa/2.0/deed.en

S taylor ILI 2012 Presentation

by Stephanie Taylor on Oct 31, 2012

Accessibility

Upload Details

Usage Rights

2 Embeds 15

Statistics

S taylor ILI 2012 Presentation Presentation Transcript

http://lanyrd.com	13
http://staging.slideshare.com	2