Download - Artistic process and project management
THOUGHTS ON
PROJECTS Richard Adams @dickyadams www.radams.co.uk
INERTIA Battling history
HEAVY COMPLEX ENGINEERING
So much of our traditional work process was designed for the engineering ageEach stage needs to be checked thoroughly and tested as cost of reverse is too high and often impossible
ENGINEERING BASED APPROACHES
This is partly why the standard stage gate approach emerged.
THAT’S FINE IN HEAVY ENGINEERING, BUT….
LEAN AND AGILE EMERGED
… for a very good reason
AND THAT’S FINE IN SOFTWARE DEV, BUT….
WE SIT HERE
WE END UP WITH WAGILE
Tension
Business Needs
Customer needs
User needs
Dev needs
Changing tech
Innovation
ONE SIZE FITS ALL? ONE SIZE FITS ONE
Methodologies, even though they imply freedom, end up being implemented in rigid ways
SO WHAT NEXT, JFDI OR BETTER?…
ICONOCLASM
WHAT AN ARTIST DOES
Thinks
Tests
Tries
Creates
Fails
Iterates
Exhibits
Ask questions
A PROVEN FLEXIBLE MODEL
THE ARTISTIC PROCESS
EVEN PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS KNOW THIS
THINK LIKE AN ARTIST
THANKSQUESTIONS?