B103 - Get Agile: Kill the Website Redesign Project
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Steinbeck Forum (Conference Center)
Tammy Allgood Wolf,
Manager of Discovery Services, Informatics and CyberInfrastructure Services,
Arizona State University
Most redesigns involve exhaustive plans, dense reports, and thorough documentation of site requirements. When the website is perfected, this brand-new site is rolled out to users. This is often a lengthy process. The principals of Agile development champion interactions over processes, working software over comprehensive documentation and responding to change over following a plan. These methods encourage small, iterative changes on a rapid development and delivery cycle. This allows developers to respond to needs more quickly and decreases the cognitive load on users while allowing them to more easily adapt to change. Get tips for making a case for library websites to adopt Agile practices —small improvements through iterative changes allow users to adapt and increase user satisfaction.
