Cooper Journal: Alan Cooper video: "Similarities Between Interaction Designers and Agile Programmers"

Alan Cooper video: "Similarities Between Interaction Designers and Agile Programmers"

by Lane Halley on March 13, 2009 | Comments (1)

During the Agile 2008 conference, Amr Elssamadisy interviewed Alan Cooper on the topic "Similarities Between Interaction Designers and Agile Programmers." During their conversation, Alan provides additional context for his talk, "The Wisdom of Experience" and explains why he believes the adoption of Agile methods by developers is a positive development for interaction designers.

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Virginia

March 16, 2009

Brilliant! I want all of my management to watch this. As a single IxD in an organization of 300 programmers, business analysts, QA and project managers, I actually have some hope. Thanks Alan!

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