Presented Friday Aug 23, 2013 at UX Week 2013. A video of this talk is available at http://vimeo.com/74944431 Agile development has become a standard practice at many companies. Developers love Agile’s emphasis on code quality and sustainable pace. Managers love frequent delivery of features with greater visibility into the process. Yet, important questions remain. What is the role of UX designers in an Agile project? How can we work at a sustainable pace? How can we help the team deliver in the near term without losing sight of the big picture? In this talk, Lane will share insights learned working with Agile teams and share practical tips and tricks to help you integrate UX design into your Agile projects.

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Agile & UX
Lane Halley
UX Week 2013

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Agile journey

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Agile momentum
“Future plans to implement agile grew from
59% in 2011 -> 83% in 2012. Nearly half said
their organization has 5+ agile teams (48%),
compared to only 33% in 2011.”
VersionOne State of Agile Dev Survey

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Speed
Visibility
Course correction
Agile expectations

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Agile practices

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sprints
user stories backlog
retrospective
iteration zero
scrum
product owner
pair programming
standups Velocity

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Agile values

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Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
The Agile Manifesto (2001)
agilemanifesto.org

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A more humane way of working
flickr/divya_#uxweek @thinknow

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A more humane way of working
(for developers)
#uxweek @thinknow

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user and business value
collaborative, self-organizing teams
test-driven development
reflection and improvement
The promise of Agile
flickr/mardi grass 2011#uxweek @thinknow

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Pressure to keep writing code
flickr/kenbondy#uxweek @thinknow

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Features are not a product
#uxweek @thinknow flickr/Sahrish~Creating Individuality

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Who determines “done?”
#uxweek @thinknow flickr/wetwebwork

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Build the thing right

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Build the thing right
Build the right thing

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Lean Startup
Lean UX
UX Strategy
Product owner team
Balanced Team
Customer Development
Design thinking

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I’m on an Agile project...
what can I do now?

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Agile mindset

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“Everything you do now, but
less of it and continually.”
- William Pietri

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Quick, visual,
collaborative
& continuous

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Be part of the team
- standup
- iteration planning
- dev/design user stories

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“Every product decision you
make is a design decision.”
- Josh Seiden

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Create conversation
- visual radiators
- wireframe walkthrough
- educate and empower

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Lead with conversation, trail
with documentation.

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Run experiments
- who is this for and when will they use it?
- how will we measure success?
- think, make, check

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Instead of
how do we know if it's done?
ask
how do we know if it's good?

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Reduce waste
- sketch & conversation
- prototype as spec
- kit of parts/style guides

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“There’s no high or low
fidelity, just correct fidelity.”
- Andy Budd

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Find your cadence
- pair with product owner, developers
- design refactor
- continual customer engagement

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Talking to users should not
be a special occasion.

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Expand your toolbox
- code something
- attend a tech meetup / hackathon
- teach what you know

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“The outcome of design is
ideas. The outcome of
writing code is software.”
- Josh Seiden

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Tips for agile/UX happiness
Be part of the team
Create conversation
Run experiments
Reduce waste
Find your cadence
Expand your toolbox

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There is no silver bulletThere is no silver bullet
#uxweek @thinknow flickr/bobjagendorf

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There is no “right” collaboration

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There is no “right” deliverable

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There is no “right” skillset
flickr/jdhancockflickr/xtoq #uxweek @thinknow

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“Make products with people,
for people.”
- Johanna Kollmann

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Thank you!
@andersramsay @andybudd @atomicobject
@carbonfive @desireesy @giffco @jboogie
@jeffpatton @jonathanpberger @jseiden
@johannakoll @luxrco
...and all the members of @balancedteam