Comments on: Another Manifesto: The Cult of Done

By: Prioritizing, and the Culture of Done | Arron Lorenz

Prioritizing, and the Culture of Done | Arron Lorenz — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:42:26 +0000

[...] Hillman over at DangerouslyAwesome.com linked to this little diddy that just made me get something [...]

By: alexknowshtml

alexknowshtml — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:59:47 +0000

Also, QA specific: one of the things I miss from working at a really good agency is a really good QA team. One who ISNT underpaid or outsourced. That was a beautiful process. Rare, indeed.

As indies, we're responsible for our own QA, and that's hard.

One of the community aspects of IndyHall that I love is the fact that any time we want, we can check each others' work. If I were to show you something and you said "I know you can do better than that" as a piece of constructive criticism, it wouldn't be the first time I heard that around here! As a result, everyone's work quality has a chance to improve, which is rare in an independent environment.

By: alexknowshtml

alexknowshtml — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:59:47 +0000

By: alexknowshtml

alexknowshtml — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:56:07 +0000

I completely agree the fact that QA is underutilized, as related to iterative process or not.

The points can certainly be abused if the caveat of “give a crap about the quality of what you're producing” isn't included. They're also very abruptly constructed in tone and speak in absolutes, which I don't typically subscribe to. It also helps to knkow Bre, who I have never seen produce anything below top-notch quality, since the context of my appreciation included that.

Here's the bottom line: if people are looking for excuses to produce shoddy work, they'll find them. And i think there are far better excuses for doing a crappy job than the 12 points in this manifesto

By: alexknowshtml

alexknowshtml — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:56:07 +0000