dialogue-driven development

noun
UK /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ ˈdrɪvən dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
US /ˈdaɪəlɔɡ ˈdrɪvən dɪˈvɛləpmənt/

A way of making things where people talk together to decide what to build next.

The team used dialogue-driven development to plan their new game by talking with players first.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A software method where developers and users talk often to shape the product.

Dialogue-driven development helped the coders fix bugs users actually cared about.

3. A teaching approach where learning grows from back-and-forth conversation.

Her classroom used dialogue-driven development so students asked questions and built ideas together.

4. A storytelling technique where a plot unfolds through characters' conversations.

The writer's dialogue-driven development made the mystery feel alive through what people said.