Integrating UX into Agile Development

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Dr. Thomas Grill, Humboldstrasse 40/2, A-4020 Linz, Mobile: +43 699 101 28 544, mailto: thomas.grill@uxfocus.at
Agile UX
‣ What, why and how …
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‣ How to integrate an UX process
with Agile Software Development

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Agenda
◣The agile development
◣How to make Agile UX work
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in brief …
Agile Development
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The agile world …
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The agile manifesto (2001)
◣Manifesto for Agile Software Development
◣We are uncovering better ways of developing 
software by doing it and helping others do it. 
Through this work we have come to value:
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◣That is, while there is value in the items on 
the right, we value the items on the left more. 
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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

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The Scrum process
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… after a delivered sprint

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The cake :)
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Sprint released …

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And what about
UX and research?
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I miss it …
http://www.zazzle.com - Sad Face T-Shirt

How to make it work!
Agile UX
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UX Methods
◣User Research
◣Focus groups
◣User studies
◣Design
◣Ideation, Brainstorming
◣Design Studio Methodology
◣Sketching, Wireframing
◣Evaluation
◣User test, heuristic evaluations
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and many, many more …

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UX+Agile development
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Plan and gather
customer data
Implement
high dev cost, low UI
cost features
Design for cycle 2
Gather customer data
for cycle 3
Cycle 0
Cycle 1
Implement
designs
Test for cycle 1
Design for cycle 3
for cycle 4
Cycle 2
Implement
designs
Test for cycle 2
Design for cycle 4
for cycle 5
Cycle 3
Code
Design
Code
Design
Data
Data
Developer Track
Usability Engineer

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Be there …
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… be a part of the team!

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Apply your methods …
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… together with the team!

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… together with the team!

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… make your work visible!
… colloborate with the team!

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… pairing!

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Lane Halley
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Instead of
 
“how do we know if it’s done”,
ask 
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“how do we know if it’s good”.
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~ Lane Halley @thinknow

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Ground your work …
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… do research!

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Establish research …
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Make research a habit - Teach the team UX!
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‣ Qualitative and quantitative (+ remote!)
‣ ‘5 users every friday’
‣ Deﬁne research questions with the team
‣ Be clear about success criteria + measures
‣ Test what you got
‣ Train other people

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Change the UX paradigm
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From delivering a design
to
developing a design!
… be open for critique!
… listen to others …
… watch …
… iterate your approach …
… iterate your designs …
… cooperate …
… share in early phases …

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Be part of the team!
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‣Make your work visible
‣Colloborate, pair!
‣Run experiments, establish research …
‣Iterate, develop, your designs
‣… clean up your debts.

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It’s about the team!
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‣Responsibilities & competencies over roles
‣Expertise over interest
‣Outcome over process
‣No ego!

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Contact
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Dr. Thomas Grill
UXfocus 
Humboldstrasse 40/2 
4020 Linz, Austria
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Mobile: +43 699 101 28 544
Email: thomas.grill@uxfocus.at

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