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5 Tips for Adding Value to Agile Design

InnovationTraining.org

Agile Design Tip 1—Clear Goals Supported by Design Research. In Some Thoughts on Design Research, Agile, and Traps Charles Lambdin stresses the importance of clearly defined goals. Design Innovative software” is not a concrete goal; it’s a vague directive. Agile Design Tip 2—Leading with UX Design.

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The UX Professionals’ Guide to Working with Agile Scrum Teams

Boxes and Arrows

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. I first encountered Agile Development in 2005, when a team I supported was chosen to help pilot Scrum development methodology at Yahoo!

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The Rise of Product Management

Moves the Needle

It’s interesting to reflect that in 1997, the Agile Manifesto had not yet been published. I had never heard of Agile. Agile and Human-Centered Design The Agile Manifesto of 2001 was a game-changer in product development. Agile recognizes that a software product is never “done.” We were Waterfall.

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Integrating UX into the Product Backlog

Boxes and Arrows

Teams moving to agile often struggle to integrate agile with best practices in user-centered design (UCD) and user experience (UX) in general. Fortunately, using a UX Integration Matrix helps integrate UX and agile by including UX information and requirements right in the product backlog. The feedback loop is broken.

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What does it mean to cultivate a Fail Fast Culture?

ImagineNation

How could developing a fail fast culture help organizations unfreeze, survive, flow and flourish with the current levels of fear, ambiguity, uncertainty, volatility and instability in 21 st century organizations? What does fail fast mean in its original context? Because “Failure is always a demoralizing and upsetting experience”.

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L.I.V.E. (Lean Innovation, Validation & Execution): A new, more effective way to manage multiple innovation projects

Idea to Value

It is not their fault, this is just what several hundred years of management education has ingrained in leadership thinking. This is why Agile is becoming so popular for teams which need to rapidly iterate, such as in software-development or design teams.

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Do You Know Your Users?

Boxes and Arrows

Software development always has limitations in time and money. In UX terms, getting your software features and functionality dialed in for 80% of your users will make them happier than trying to get it right for 100% of them. How to create personas. What educational background does the job need?