“A Meeting without an Objective is a Chat”, so states the Book of Red Gate. In my experience setting a high-level objective for a meeting is easier than getting agreement on … Continue reading
October 5, 2012
by Andy
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Category Archives: Team work
July 17, 2012
by Michele Ide-Smith
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Running a Live Lab at a Tradeshow
How do you design a software application in 3 days at a conference? Earlier this year my colleague James Murtagh, a Marketing Manager, pitched the idea of ‘Red Gate Live … Continue reading
March 7, 2012
by Adam Walker
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Force Field Analysis
In the most recent of our Collab Lab meetings (a weekly get together inspired by Gamestorming, where we try out games and facilitation techniques) we explored Force Field analysis. This … Continue reading
January 25, 2012
by Michele Ide-Smith
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Playing with Challenge Cards
Since I joined Red Gate in October, I’ve really enjoyed attending our ‘Collab Lab’ sessions. Inspired by Dave Gray’s book Gamestorming, a group of like minded folk within Red Gate … Continue reading
November 21, 2011
by Jon Boardman
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Combining UX and Agile for designing complex products
It seems like the UX blogosphere is awash with posts and thoughts on how to get UX and Agile to work well together. It’s a hot topic here at Red … Continue reading
November 17, 2011
by Jenny
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The Agile/ UX Panel at UX Cambridge 2011
The first UX Cambridge event was run by Software Acumen and took place on the 10th and 11th November at Clare College’s new Gillespie Conference Centre. The event was primarily aimed at the East … Continue reading
August 26, 2011
by Jenny
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Collab Lab: Speedboat Session
Collab Lab Every Wednesday at Red Gate, just before lunch, we run a club known as the ‘Collab Lab’. This is open to everyone at Red Gate but tends to … Continue reading
August 19, 2011
by Jon Boardman
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Down Tools Week – Gaming around
Every 3 months at Red Gate we hold our Down Tools Week (DTW), in which everyone in development stops working on their regular projects and is allowed to work on … Continue reading
August 5, 2010
by Stephen Chambers
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Hiring 10 geeks in 5 weeks
Hiring 1 great member of staff is difficult. How about hiring 10 of them? How about you set yourself the challenge of hiring 10 new people in only 5 weeks? … Continue reading
August 4, 2010
by Adam Walker
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How to redesign a website in 5 weeks
You will need: A dedicated room – a usability lab or ‘war room’ if you like A dithering of designers. Pick and mix any five or six from: Information architect … Continue reading