Great article on agile methodology for designers

Agile is doing great for developers – how can we make it more “other more deliverable-oriented person” friendly?

A list apart has done it again:

Getting Real About Agile Design:

We are told that the modern org chart is hyperlinked, but in many companies design is still a single point of decision. Designers must let go of perfection to produce rapid, iterative work: “90% right” solutions are par for the course for Agile. This can be counterintuitive, but for better or worse, Agile prioritizes the timeline over virtuosity. Certainly it makes designing to impress other designers harder. No great loss.

There comes a point at which compromises become too great, however. In the words of Alan Cooper, “there is no large group of people out there waiting in a breathless delirium to purchase your lousy product.” Best-to-market usually beats first-to-market, and designers naturally work well as quality custodians, lobbying sponsors for extra resources where required to do the product justice.