[IxDA Discuss] collaborative group structures

[Christine Boese]

You left out Scrum, where everybody pretends to work together, but is really
just playing rugby <G>.

In the end, they sprint and sprint and sprint, and end up in a big dog pile,
with the smallest person squished on the bottom. (that was me, back in the
day, because I played hooker)


On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 7:45 AM, mark schraad <mschraad at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a lot of conversation about working collaboratively on this
> board. Mostly regarding results and software to facilitate. I have
> identified four basic structures for group work that I am intimately
> familiar with. I am curious what people are participating in, and if
> there are other derivations?
>
> A) Group think
> Multiple people in a group. Disciplines might vary. The group marches
> forward in lock step... while there may be diverse opinions, the
> group makes democratic decisions. This is essentially 6 people
> working as one.
>
> B) Group Input
> This is primarily one lead designer, with a regular cast of others
> that provide constant or frequent feedback and ideas. The decision
> process, however, is centralized as the lead has final say and
> ownership.
>
> C) Diverse team
> This group has distinct roles that are not duplicated such as... IA,
> UX, Visual, Product, Project, Engineering, Dev... The decisions of
> general direction are made as a group, specific decisions are made by
> the designated expert.
>
> D) Waterfall
> This is really group work in name only. Each individual does their
> specific job in sequence following the lead of either product or
> project management.
>
> Just curious... what do you participate in? What would you prefer?
> What is been most successful in your experience? And are there other
> varieties?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
> PS - I realize this is rather simplistic... but this venue kind of
> screams for contrast of ideas.
>
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