Client projects are sometimes good and sometimes bad, but rarely do things come together in such a way that they are great. In summer 2012, Full Plate Living approached Four Kitchens with a "Big Ideas" document defining the scope of their web project. 8 months later, we launched a completely different website. Everyone from the developers to the stakeholders is happy with the product and excited about the next phase of development. How did this happen?

The short answer is process. In this case, an agile process that came together smoothly, even with a few hiccups at the beginning. In this session, we'll dive into what we think helped us produce a client product with a minimum of snags. We'll cover what the contributing factors were and how we can repeat it.

Paul Martin (Full Plate Living) and D. Andrew Gerdes (Four Kitchens) will cover the factors that make a great client product owner. They will also cover educating your clients on agile/scrum methodologies and how to further enable the client to educate their stakeholders on the process. Jared Rogers (Four Kitchens) and Paul Martin will discuss the agile approach we took to design using style tiles and in-browser design. Finally, Mike Minecki (Four Kitchens) and Paul Martin will explore the content management side of the project with a exploration of Panopoly.

Target Audiences:

• Clients who want to get the most out of an agile vendor
• Vendors who are interested in using agile methodologies
• Both technical and non-technical folks will learn something