Sparking Innovation: The Art of Software Process

Posted June 30, 2008 | Leadership | Leadership |

To many people, the process of creating great art or new innovations is a bit of a mystery. At the same time, the development of IT systems is viewed as drudgery. Yet from my experience in both the art and IT fields, artistic and innovative processes can and should be linked. How can we apply the creative skills that artists possess in abundance to develop innovation-friendly IT teams? I see three key patterns:

1. Mindset (or process)

About The Author
Nancy Schooenderwoert
Nancy Van Schooenderwoert is a Principal Coach at Lean-Agile Partners, Inc. Lean-Agile Partners demonstrates to their customers ways to use and adopt agile practices in their organizations. They "teach their customers how to fish" by training customer staff to coach agile teams. Working with both their customers' management and technical teams, Lean-Agile Partners helps companies design, plan, and implement their agile adoption programs.… Read More
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