The document discusses incorporating user experience (UX) design into an Agile development methodology. It outlines the key parts of Agile like user stories, backlogs, and sprints. It then provides three principles for combining UX and Agile: iterate by making mistakes faster, scale by doing more with less, and simplify by keeping things "good enough." Specific tactics are described like using Sprint Zero to get ahead, prioritizing work, and embracing failures to find solutions. The importance of the UX designer's mindset and role on an Agile team is emphasized.

1. Incorporating UX into
an Agile Methodology
Amy Powell | Texas Law

2. So What Is Agile?
The Agile Manifesto
• Individuals and interactions over processes and
tools
• Working software over comprehensive
documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan

3. Main Parts of Agile
• Stories - Key elements of the system (user tasks)
• Backlog - Prioritized list of story cards
• Sprint - Developmental cycle
• Scrum - Daily team communication
• Burndown Chart - Chart that tracks works
• Spike - Time allowed to learn

4. Three Principles for
Incorporating UX into Agile
• Iterate: Make Mistakes Faster
• Scale: Do It With Less
• Simplify: Keep It “Good Enough”

5. “The main change for user experience
practitioners who must support an Agile
team is in mindset.”

6. Iterate -
Make Mistakes Faster
• Use Sprint Zero to your advantage
• Work one sprint ahead
• Think in small chunks

7. “By making your UX work predictive rather than reactive,
you will have the answers to user experience questions
before the team asks.”

8. Scale -
Do it with less
• Use low-fi work and guerrilla tactics
• Less reports, more action
• Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize

9. “The trick is to ensure that any small amount of
up-front time that you have is used wisely.”

10. Simplify -
Keep it “good enough”
• Say NO
• Be okay with mistakes
• You don’t need to know it all up front

11. “Sometimes a team needs to fail slightly in order to realize
they have a need for more or different data.”

12. How I Did It - Sprint 0

13. Lessons I Learned
• It’s easy to second guess yourself through the
whole project. Don’t.
• Be flexible and PAUSE if needed.
• Listen to your team. Learn from them.
• When planning, think in smaller chunks.

14. Lessons I Learned
• A slower pace doesn’t mean less productivity.
• It’s harder than you think to design mobile-first &
atomically.
• Purposely make mistakes to find solutions.
• Design Studios are fun but a lot of work.

15. Deliverables Created
in 10 Days
• Competitor Analysis
• Usability Tests &
Highlight Video
• Personas
• Design Scenarios
• Online Survey
• Survey Results
• Sketched Wireframes
• Digital Wireframes
• Working Prototype
• User Stories

16. Final Thoughts on
UX + Agile
• UX must work one step ahead
• Use design spikes
• Work as a team
• Work through chaos by prioritizing
• Always know the most valuable thing you can do
• UX is the gatekeeper role

17. "If there isn’t an evangelical, charismatic and
well-respected individual on the team who will
push the Agile process, become that person."