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?