A meeting of minds

Even after decades of working together, the relationship between designers and developers is still often strained. While the goal of both designers and developers should be the same — to provide software that delights its users- all too often there is a chasm between these two disciplines. This meetup's purpose is to understand the relationship and potential workflows that can improve the collaboration between developers and designers. This meetup is in collaboration with GDG Johannesburg.

Agenda:

• 6:00 PM - Welcome

• 6:10 PM - Working together for better digital products by Jacqueline Fouche
  In this 20 minute talk Jacqueline Fouche (Jax) shares her tips on getting teams to work together. She addresses the uncomfortable topic of money. Specifically, how designers and engineers should spend more time thinking about it. We'll look at making money by being customer centric and saving money with good process. Moving on to sharing tips on giving and receiving critique. Lastly, she shares her experiences on improving team work in cross-functional teams.

• 6:30 PM - Panel discussion: Collaboration between Designers and Developers.

In this panel, two designers and two developers chat about their workflow with their counterparts. How can we improve the way we collaborate, communicate, build, learn and innovate together? Join us as we talk to:

• Lauren Strydom, a service and experience designer

• Marilyn Maseko, product designer

• Maia Grotepass, android engineer

• Lauren Green, android developer & UI/UX designer

• 7:10 PM Survey and goodbye