Making Most Of Agile User Centred Design

Better thinking. Better experiences. Better results. TM 8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt

Agile is good for Refining not Defining
Where did Agile come from?
Response to shifting requirements
The world changes
Poor project/product management
Response to no design expertise
Regularly validate that you did what the client wanted
Designers who “don’t know squat”
8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt

Elements of User Experience 8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt UCD covers this Agile covers this ? “ The Elements of User Experience” Jesse James Garret – www.jjg.net

Agile assumes the client knows best
The client provides requirements
Are the requirements right?
UX can validate design, but who validates requirements?
8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt

UCD assumes the user knows best
The UX team exposes requirements before design starts
Agile by-the-book doesn’t allot time for this
8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt Research Concept Design Build

Agile allows for validation… if there’s time 8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt Requirements Product Release? Design & Code Validate Iteration TEMPTATION! TEMPTATION!

Design inside Agile is impulsive
Pressure to ‘feed the development monster’
No time allotted for concept development
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How it can work
UCD can be too documentation-heavy, isolated & risky
Agile needs help with defining requirements
8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt Agile UCD Agile as we know it Requirements Product Release? Design & Code Validate Iteration Research Concept

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