Dork Intervention is a talk presented at SXSW Interactive 2011. You can hear the audio at: http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP6299 The talk is about what I learned while working as the User Experience lead on an innovation project at eBay. The live product, Simple Lister, can be viewed here: http://pages.ebay.com/garden/srp/SimpleListerInstall.html

2. “ Making an insanely great product has a lot to do with the process of making the product , how you learn things and adopt new ideas and throw out old ideas.” – Steve Jobs

3. Online form

4. Early iteration

5. Teamwork!

6. Agile is broken.

7. Agile software

8. Waterfall

9. Waterfall

10. Pros: The design is frozen, leaving developers free to implement without uncertainty. Cons: The design can’t respond to change based on testing and new information to be competitive. Waterfall

11. mini-waterfall

12. mini-waterfall

13. mini-waterfall Pros: A waterfall in every sprint! Cons: Requires a time machine.

14. Just in time

15. Just in time

16. Pros: Dropping design in when it’s needed. Cons: Too many complex interactions for designers to track. Just in time

17. Design Sprint

18. Design Sprint

19. Design Sprint Pros: Whole team involved in design process. Cons: Clunky and disrupts project velocity .

20. Fused Innovation

21. Fused Innovation

22. Fused Innovation Make a crucible of innovation!

23. 7 Rules of engagement

24. Vision

27. Excite with prototypes

30. Get out of the way!

31. Innovation

32. Thank you!