• Beautiful 1's and 0's

  • Written by: Ian Smith
  • Podcast
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Beautiful 1's and 0's

Written by: Ian Smith
  • Summary

  • Welcome to the design/dev continuum – where the goal is to craft beautiful digital experiences with well-architected software. Topics range from high-level working relationships and processes to pixels and binary. Ian is a UX/UI designer and software engineer with over 20 years of experience, including 16 in the financial services industry.
    Ian Smith 2023
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  • Ways to Make Design + Dev + Business Teams Functional and Happy
    Jan 13 2023

    Core issues related to multidisciplinary teams, along with proposed solutions.

    Understand the goals and values of teammates, and create alignment for decision making.

    Ensure the right team composition for high-quality and efficient output.

    Create connectedness among teammates without overdoing it.

    Speak the same language as teammates for effective communication and understanding.

    Create a shared vision for the team as an inspirational agreed-upon destination.

    Share projects across the organization for transparency and cross-team collaboration.

    Share team structure and artifacts for crystal-clear understanding and communication in and outside the team.

    Ensure the right tools and processes for minimal artifacts and maximum speed.

    Thread innovation time into scheduled work for mental breaks, morale boosts, incremental improvements, and innovation.

    The end of the episode includes some supplemental info about project management methodologies and their effect on design/dev/business processes, Ian's background, and the impetus and goal of the podcast.

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    59 mins

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