Design Adaptability in Agile Environments
There is a natural fit between Grug Design and Agile development methodologies in three main dimensions: speed of iteration, efficiency of decision making, and resource utilization. The philosophy opposes the cost of design system maintenance and the time-consuming nature of high-fidelity prototypes, which are common efficiency bottlenecks for agile teams.
Specific adaptation performance:
- prototype stage: Recommended use of low-fidelity wireframes to accelerate verification
- Component Design: Optimal range of 3-5 control variants
- Delivery standards: Technical realizability as the acceptance benchmark
Similar principles were used in the early development of Slack, by limiting the variety of colors and simplifying animations, resulting in the first usable version in 6 weeks. Data shows that teams adopting the Grug philosophy have seen an average design-development cycle reduction of 37%.
This answer comes from the articleGrug Design: gives design advice on pages and advocates a simple and pragmatic product design philosophy.The
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