Talk by Pradeep Joseph, Juniper Networks, at the STC India UX Conference on Saturday, August 27, 2011, conducted at WE School, Bangalore. https://sites.google.com/site/stcindiaux/speakers#Pradeep

1. UX on Agile – how to make it
work
Pradeep Joseph
UX Design Manager
Juniper Networks, Bangalore
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3. Agile for Dummies
Wikipedia says: Agile Software Development is a group
of software development methodologies based on iterative
and incremental development, where requirements and
solutions evolve through collaboration between self-
organizing, cross-functional teams.
Not features, but User Stories
Scrum Chicken Pig Sashimi *
* Not off a Japanese restaurant menu
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4. Agile for Dummies
Demo
Dev &
Testing Fit &
Project finish
backlog
planning
2-3 weeks sprint
Feedback
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5. How does it affect design?
Not the way I used to work
Prototyping – sorry, no wastage of code
Design within a time frame – always
Follow-up eats into design time
Catch up mode, hard to be ahead of the curve
Feedback, user testing becomes shallow
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7. 5 phases of Agile adoption for UX people
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
According to Craig Villamor, Extreme usability: adapting research approaches
for Agile development @ CHI 2008
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8. How to make it work
1. Involve from the beginning
2. No “Us” vs. “Them”
3. Do what is needed
4. Art of letting go
5. Persistence pays
+1
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9. 1.Involve from the beginning
The invitation may never come
Assume leadership, reach out
Ask Questions,
Question Answers
Place yourself “in” the Team
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10. 2. No “Us” vs. “Them”
There is only ONE team
Understand your team
Skin in the game
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11. 3. Do what is needed – in time
Just needed, in time
What you do matters,
not How you do
Guerilla methods
Improvise and adapt techniques
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12. 4. Art of letting go
Develop allies
You can’t carry it all alone
Keep ego under check
Encourage, motivate
but direct
Don’t police but patrol
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13. 5. Persistence pays
Communicate – why UX is good
Communicate – why we need UX
Communicate – how you can help
I have already told them
but check they’ve done it or not
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14. +1. This too shall pass
Put team goals first
Lose battles to win the war
Keep the larger picture in mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
Think of Randy Pausch
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15. How to make it work
1. Involve from the beginning
2. No “Us” vs. “Them”
3. Do what is needed
4. Art of letting go
5. Persistence pays
+1. This too shall pass
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16. 1-5 from 2 years of experience
+1 from 13 years of experience
pradeepjoseph@yahoo.com
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17. Now, where is my lunch?