How we work – agile working culture at interactive tools
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We're always delighted to meet open, committed people. With us, you can expect agile teams, long-term projects and a culture of mutual appreciation. Here you'll learn how we operate as a family-run company, what agility means to us, why we work on islands – and what all of that means for us and our clients.
Good reasons to work agile
Why do we work agile at interactive tools? Simple! Because we believe it's the best way to deliver innovative, user-centred digital projects. Agile methods create enjoyment at work, successful products and satisfied clients. They also foster long-term, sustainable relationships – a trusting, collaborative partnership with our employees and our clients, in some cases spanning more than 20 years.
With this conviction, we've been operating independently for over 25 years and have grown steadily: driven not by investors, but by people.
25 years of interactive tools – we take a stand, and we mean it
For over 25 years, we at interactive tools have been developing digital products, placing people at the centre of our decisions and actions. This attitude shapes not only our projects, but also our day-to-day collaboration and our role in society.
We take responsibility
What agility means to us
At interactive tools, we champion diversity, freedom, self-determination and collaboration. That's why we bring together career starters, experienced professionals and career changers alike – people with a wide range of experiences and strengths. This exciting mix creates project teams that are agile in both mind and heart. Our client projects thrive on people who are ready to think and act on their own responsibility.
We're proud of our self-organised teams, which move forward far more efficiently, flexibly and with greater motivation than hierarchical working models – and everyone can fully contribute and unlock their individual potential.
Short sprints instead of endless marathons
Opportunities, risks – and countless decisions: digital infrastructure projects, such as relaunching a corporate website, are true mammoth undertakings. Agile methods help us reduce the complexity of such products. Together with clients, the project team breaks the extensive development process down into manageable units, often two-week sprints, with clear requirements.
This lets us move forward quickly, spot mistakes early, learn, continuously improve the product and achieve the best possible outcome. The team makes decisions together, gives open, appreciative feedback and supports one another in reaching the goals that have been set.
Our unique agile island landscape lets every individual employee keep developing, collaborate as equals within an interdisciplinary team and deliver outstanding results. In short: we want to do great projects with great people.
Interdisciplinary islands foster exchange
At interactive tools, every client project forms an interdisciplinary island – home to, for example, concept designers, UX designers, developers and copywriters, who work together to drive forward a product's development. But this doesn't happen in the isolation of a lonely island, no! Rather, many colleagues enjoy the variety of also contributing to a second island on another project. That's smart, because it fosters knowledge exchange and makes us all better. And the networking doesn't stop there: islands with similar content-related or technical requirements even merge into continents with us. This means colleagues and clients continually benefit from the resulting exchange of experience.
Want to know exactly how we work together as team?
Incidentally, our island world is constantly evolving – just like our clients and projects. We're agile, nimble and always on the move!
Fancy working agile and meeting the people who make interactive tools what it is? Already have experience in agile project work – or not, but curious? Great! Then we look forward to meeting you and having a stimulating exchange!
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Your contact person
- Anne Geissler
People & Organisationsynaigy
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