I presented at MDC 2008 today about UI Designer and Developer workflow when building WPF and Silverlight applications.
Here is the summary for the session:
Xaml has been touted as the markup language that will make it easier for both UI designers and developers to work on the same UI artifacts. This is accomplished by tooling, processes, and selecting the right approach based on the skills of your resources. There are a number of different approaches that are available for defining how a developer and UI Designer will interact to build Xaml (WPF Desktop and Silverlight) based applications. The talk will discuss all the different aspects that are required including the tooling that enables the interaction between developer and UI designer and important aspects that you should be aware of when using these tools. It will cover the different processes that will need to be put in place to support the software development lifecycle. And we will evaluate the different approaches and discuss how to select the right approach based on the composition of your team. We will also discuss important guidance and best practices that will help your teams be successful in designing your own UI designer and developer workflow.