Dave Olsen (@dmolsen) nails it. In his talk at Confab EDU, Dave addresses the frustrations of our web design and development process, and how a pattern-driven workflow can help.
Dave describes the many benefits of pattern-driven workflow:
- Patterns encourage communication between everyone involved in a project
- Patterns establish a shared vocabulary between disciplines and stakeholders
- Patterns force us to focus by breaking big problems
- Patterns makes testing more efficient
- Patterns allow for reuse and extensibility
Dave drives home again and again how patterns can help teams work together and helps make everyone’s lives either. Do yourself a favor and watch Dave’s talk and check out his slides: