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The Art of Agile Development
James Shore, Shane Warden
$40, list, $37, Amazon
Paperback: 430 pp.
O'Reilly Media, Inc. (Oct. 26, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0596527675, ISBN-13: 978-0596527679
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Making the Most of a Design Engagement
by The Adaptive Path Team, October 22, 2007
Adaptive Path’s tips for their clients:

Recognize Design team's strengths, focus on that, set expectations high quality.

Keep in mind the core concept or design principles when implementation and operational details are in foreground.

Use budget for design work, not just communication.

Provide design team with proper resources: Time, information, money, people, passion.

Let go of your internal baggage.

Adaptive Path, April 1st, 2004
Why Content Management Fails
by Jeffrey Veen, Director of Product Design and a founding partner, Adaptive Path
http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/000315.php

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Always, our prior project experience is brought to bear on new assignments.

One form this takes is the product development frameworks we build bases on our earlier work: systems of inquiry, of administration of details and roles, the tangible form of our research conclusions, software tools, project schedule and budget structures.

Nonetheless, every one of our engagements yeilds custom work. This is because every client comes with specific needs, resources, marktet conditions and people.

We are designers.
We bring technology to bear on business needs.
We do custom work for each client.