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Title:

How to Talk to Programmers

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Organizer:
Daniel Morrison, Collective Idea
Description:
Can't talk to your programmers? Can't find a good one? Designers and project managers often complain that they can't communicate with developers. Agencies often have trouble finding good freelancers. Learn how to make your interactions productive instead of painful and leverage programmers instead of living with them.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What do I do when the programmers talk over my head?
  2. How will we make and stick to schedules?
  3. How do I find a good programmer?
  4. WTF is a DSL or an XML API?
  5. Do we need full time people, freelancers, or partners?
  6. Will working remotely work for us?
  7. What's the difference between working with big vs small companies?
  8. Can my front-end coder do back-end development?
  9. What is this Agile thing?
  10. How much project management will we need?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
on 8/8/08
They speak Greek right? Srsly.. should be a good panel if you can offer some good advice on communicating with the ultra analytical dev types.. as a creative or business type.
on 26/8/08
Sounds like a winner. I definitely need to brush up on my developer communication skills =D
Developed for SXSW by Lindsey Simon