Very interesting dialog looking at the design-view/developer-view issues at:
http://blog.carbonfive.com/2009/03/agile/when-worlds-collide-conversation-with-maria-giudice-of-hot-studioMy class in human-centered software engineering at University of Madeira is currently wrestling with this issue. I thought this exchange was good supplementary reading. The design community is taking more notice of agile thinking, particularly of late.
BTW, I will be doing a Spotlight Presentation for the Industrial Designers Society of America later this year. Details at:
http://www.idsa.org/absolutenm/templates/?a=4143&z=176--Larry Constantine, IDSA, ACM Fellow
Professor, University of Madeira