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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

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Agile” and “Waterfall” offer us very different approaches to project management. is the guiding question, and we develop solutions based upon our understanding of the answer. Agile design, on the other hand, begins without a clear endpoint, assuming that any presumptions about results may bias or limit our opportunities and options.

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Agile vs Waterfall: what are the differences?

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Traditionally, the Waterfall model is a linear approach that has a sequence of events somewhat like this: To Gather and document requirements; To draw; Code and unit test; To Perform the system test; To Perform the user acceptance test; To Correct any problem; To Deliver the finished product. There are good and bad things about this approach.

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Why is developing digital products one of the solutions to overcome the crisis?

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What makes us believe that developing digital products is not only a solution to overcome the crisis, but also to generate business value after it too. Who would have thought it would be possible to get a credit card without any contact with human service, not even sending the documentation? Bonus 2: Agile Software Development.

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Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment

Boxes and Arrows

I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. This is an extreme example of where SCRUM went bad.

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Do You Know Your Users?

Boxes and Arrows

False consensus bias contributes to making bad decisions when we design software. Alan Cooper noted this type of bias while wondering why otherwise smart, talented people often created such crappy software. Have you ever heard anyone on your team say, “what if the customer wanted [some feature]?” What are personas?

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User Experience Research at Scale

Boxes and Arrows

The article then addresses some of the challenges around being able to automate, scale, document, and share these efforts as your user base (hopefully) increases. You don’t have to worry about obsolete versions, or download packages–web-based software enables you to change directions quickly. Different from analytics.

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