Paper and Presentation: Agile Design
Abstract: When “you never get a second chance to make a first impression,” how do you design iteratively and “fail fast”? Designers instinctively understand the importance of the initial encounter, uniquely rife with potential, between their work and the affected viewer. Given this, one can understand the desire to work a design to perfection for the sake of a maximally effective experience event.
This can conflict with iterative “fail fast” agile concepts, resulting in Minimum Viable Products shipping with designs, wrangled away from designers, in a “less than” state.
How can we reconcile this for iterative, maximally effective, experience events? Using mini case study examples, this talk further discusses substantial design projects which were built using agile methodologies and how the design team fit into the process. – Kelly Albrecht is a Certified ScrumMaster, Product Owner, Agile Coach, and Senior Digital Producer at Last Call Media
PMI Talent Triangle Skill: Technical Project Management
Biography: As a Web Developer, Project Manager, Product Owner and Certified Scrum Master, I’ve been implementing web-based IT solutions for over a decade and have extensive experience in all aspects of information design and development. I am a regular consultant for top EDUs and NGOs, including Yale, Rainforest Alliance, as well as all of the Five Colleges.
I have contributed to Open Source in both code and community capacities. In addition to occasional international appearances, I’m a regular presenter at Meet-ups, Camps and Conferences, usually speaking on Project and Business Strategy and Management topics. I also stay involved in my local IT community as the Executive Director of NERD, a New England based non-profit for the inclusion and advancement of computer science and development in its region.
As an Entrepreneur, I have founded the LeftClick IT strategy and consulting firm as well as the Last Call Media web development agency. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with departmental honors in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts.
Speaking experience: I’ve been a regular presenter at Meetups, mostly in New York and New England. I’ve spoken at many Camps, including several times at NYCCamp (http://www.nyccamp.org) in NYC and Design4Drupal (http://design4drupal.org) in Boston.
I am the lead organizer of NERD Summit (https://nerdsummit.org) and have been its MC the past three years. I’ve spoken at DrupalCon in Prague, New Orleans, and Baltimore and have been a keynote speaker for DrupalCamp Ottawa and Design4Drupal (http://design4drupal.org) in Boston.
The audio is not great, but here is an earlier version of this proposed talk given as a keynote. https://www.design4drupal.org/sessions/keynote/keynote-agile-design
