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User Experience: Advantages of the UX strategy

mjvinnovation

Companies with tight schedules and budgets must deal with the reality that product development may not be fast or cheap. Sizing investment returns (of time, money, and effort) is critical in product development projects. Use this document as a guide to the product team and keep everyone working towards the same goal.

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Why Build, Measure, Learn – isn’t just throwing things against the wall to see if they work – the Minimal Viable Product

Steve Blank

I am always surprised when critics complain that the Lean Startup’s Build, Measure, Learn approach is nothing more than “throwing incomplete products out of the building to see if they work.”. Unfortunately the Build, Measure, Learn diagram is the cause of that confusion. Build, Measure, Learn sounds pretty simple.

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As our lives become more automated, these are the skills you’ll need

Faisal Hoque

The good news is that the rewards that come from the effort are plentiful–and documented. Finally, if your endless curiosity sometimes gets you into trouble, turn that innate skill into an advantage by asking tough questions that no one else wants to touch and operating on the assumption that there is always something more to learn.

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As our lives become more automated, these are the skills you’ll need

Faisal Hoque

The good news is that the rewards that come from the effort are plentiful–and documented. Finally, if your endless curiosity sometimes gets you into trouble, turn that innate skill into an advantage by asking tough questions that no one else wants to touch and operating on the assumption that there is always something more to learn.

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Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment

Boxes and Arrows

Unfortunately, the enthusiasm I had for my new job waned after six months when an executive was appointed Head of Product Development—who insisted he knew SCRUM 1 better than anybody. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit.

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IA Summit 09 - Day 2

Boxes and Arrows

He shares the factors that influence how effective various prototyping methodologies will be and how to choose wisely; what level of effort you will need to invest in prototyping in order to get useful feedback; and how to permanently integrate prototyping into your software development process in a way that is effective for your organization.

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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. In 2009, I moved on to Salesforce.com, where Agile methods (including Scrum) were implemented across their entire research and development organization.

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