My name is Aubrey Johnson (@aubreyjohnson) and I’m a designer here at VersionOne. In my first month-and-a-half incorporated into an Agile team I’ve learned a good bit about iterative processes, agile project management, and self-discipline. I’ve discovered that agile methods aren’t just for developers, and iterative work approaches can work (with some slight modifications) for pretty much anyone.
In my previous experience everything was waterfall driven. We’d toil and work on a project for months, tweak it, watch others get to market first, explore feature creep, and finally launch a product... often to revisit it shortly after with minor modifications.
VersionOne has changed the way I approach design, in a great way. Getting constant feedback for a project to ensure that it's aligned with the company goals and vision, turning over work in shorter time frames, and helping others in areas where I have a background have all made me feel like I’ve accomplished more in the past month and a half than in the previous year of work.
Seeing visual progress and finished work is so rewarding as a designer, I can’t help but wonder if other designers would like to the utilize this process of Agile project management in their own agencies and firms. I am looking forward to continuing to design iteratively, with feedback, and constantly seeing finished projects that I can add to my portfolio.
Feel free to drop some comments about how you think your work environment could benefit from having daily stand-up meetings, chartable progress, and breaking large projects into workable chunks. I’d love to see if Agile processes are working in other non-developer roles out there.
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