Mixing Lean UX &
Agile Development
How to minimize risk, maximize flexibility, and
create a loved product.

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Courtney Hemphill
@chemphill
courtney@carbonfive.com

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We used to design and build
applications.

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We used to design and build
applications.
Now we design and build:
Products
Companies
Experiences
Services
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Disappearing Boundaries

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experience design
brand strategy

information architect
visual design
interaction design

Disappearing Boundaries
front-end development

system operations

database development
backend development

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data analysis
Emerging Technology

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in browser design

rapid prototyping
living style guides
html5 and canvas

responsive design

Emerging Technology
offline apps
client side scripting
mobile
real time updates
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websockets
www.evolutionoftheweb.com
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How do you keep up
with all that?

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you don’t have to...

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we get by with a little
help from our friends...

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Some stories about how
we help our clients find
their cadence.

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A little about this we ...

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Carbon Five

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Roles & Responsibilities
developer + designer + product owner

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One team
Everyone participates

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Conflicting perspectives
are required for creative
solutions.

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MIT Building 20

The “Magical Incubator”
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Pixar Headquarters

The legacy of Steve Jobs
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Cadence

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Techniques
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Sprints as
Experiments

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What is your highest risk,
highest reward feature?

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Costs vs. Benefits
Place your epics or stories as a mechanism for
prioritization

$$$ !!!

$$$ !

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$ !!!

$!
Get your stories straight

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Deliverable whole
Always try to prioritize using a path to a full
deliverable whole.

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Just in Time Design

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Cards

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Case Studies
nib.ly
from

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APRIL
MAY

week 18

Monday

reflect & define
Tuesday

specify
Wednesday

build & refine
Thursday

build & refine
Friday

customer feedback!

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Week
at a
Glance
Flexible Schedule

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Monday

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Charrette!

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Retrospective
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Capture Customer Feedback
Stickies
Audio
Video
Notes
stickies.io
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Whiteboard
Wireframing
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Hypothesis
Definition

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Clean Up and Prep

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Tuesday

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The Art of Story Writing

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Story Template
Title (one line describing the story)
 
Narrative:
As a [role]
I want [feature]
So that [benefit]
 
Acceptance Criteria: (presented as Scenarios)
 
Scenario 1: Title
Given [context]
  And [some more context]...
When  [event]
Then  [outcome]
  And [another outcome]...
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Story Breakdown,
Estimation &
Prioritization

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Pair Sketching
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Story Mapping
http://storymapper.io
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Wednesday
& Thursday
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Feature
Development

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Whiteboard
Wireframing

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Living Style Guide
& Visual Assets

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Designer/Developer
Pairing

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Designer/Developer
Pairing

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Story Acceptance
(yay!)

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Friday
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Customer Feedback Prep
What are you testing?
What methods will you use to test?
Broad or specific?

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Feedback
Session
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Five on
Friday
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Hybrid
Prototyping
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Capturing
Customer Feedback

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Discipline
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Conflict that
arises is critical
to innovation.
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Foundations

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Foundations
Conversations
	 story writing, milestone planning, acceptance

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Foundations
Conversations
	 story writing, milestone planning, acceptance
Culture
cross-functional teams, design, and dev
integration

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Foundations
Conversations
	 story writing, milestone planning, acceptance
Culture
cross-functional teams, design, and dev
integration
Cadance
short term solution-focused product
development

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Thanks!

Courtney Hemphill
courtney@carbonfive.com
@chemphill

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