1. XBOSo&
Webinar
Series
2014
Webinar
April 10 2014 1.00 PM EST
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2. UX RUNWAY –
PULLING QUALITY
FORWARD
Webinar: April 10, 2014
Natalie Warnert and James Schmittler

3. Housekeeping
• Everyone
except
the
speaker
is
muted
• QuesAons
via
the
gotowebinar
control
on
the
right
side
of
your
screen
• QuesAons
can
be
asked
throughout
the
webinar,
we’ll
try
to
fit
them
in
when
appropriate
• General
Q
&
A
at
the
end
of
the
webinar
• You
will
receive
info
on
recording
and
slides
a&er
the
webinar

4. AGENDA
• Introduction
• What is UX?
• What is UX Runway? How to integrate Scrum
• Benefits of UX Runway
• Real life examples of before/after implementation
• Questions
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5. XBOSoft info
• Founded in 2006
• Dedicated to software quality
• Software QA consulting
• Software testing services
• Offices in San Francisco, Beijing, Oslo and
Amsterdam

6. Host
• Phil Lew
• CEO, XBOSoft
• www.xbosoft.com
• @philiplew
• philip.lew@xbosoft.com
• Currently in Baltimore at
the Quest Conference
• Next week in New Orleans
at STPCON
• STAREAST in May in
Orlando
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7. Natalie Warnert
• CSM, PSM I
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• ScrumMaster/Agile Coach –
Surescripts
• Thomson Reuters
• Travelers Insurance
• Email: info@nataliewarnert.com
• Website: nataliewarnert.com
• Twitter: @nataliewarnert
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8. James Schmittler
• Graduate
studies
in
HCI
• 8
years
experience
in
design
• Senior
User
Experience
Architect
• Thomson
Reuters
• Cook
Medical
• Envisage
Technologies
• Email:
me@jamesandthemoon.com
• Twi[er:
@jamesschmi[ler
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9. What is UX?
• How a person interacts with a system
• Flow
• Perception
• Accessibility
• Ease of use
• Understanding
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10. Roles on UX team
• User Researchers
• Information Architects
• Visual Designers
• CSS Developers
• Accessibility
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11. • UX
at
the
por]olio
level
(iniAal
UX
Runway)
• Research
how
users
interact
with
system
and
make
recommendaAons
• Development
of
user
personas
and
use
cases
• Assist
in
development
of
business
case
• High
level
design
of
enAre
system
and
interacAon
(vision)
• Produce
high
level
wireframes,
design
ideas,
and
possible
prototyping
to
assist
in
planning
for
features
as
lead
Ame
allows
• Can
also
be
done
as
development
is
spiking
or
doing
backend
and
infrastructure
work
(IteraAon
0)
UX’s
place
in
Product
Development
Por]olio
Level
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12. UX’s
place
in
Product
Development
ConAnued
Involvement
• UX as Scrum/Agile team
(ongoing
UX
Runway)
• Work with Product Owner to make wireframes and
designs to help:
• Write stories and tasks for tech teams
• Write acceptance criteria for stories
• Style pages appropriately & accessibly (CSS)
Leads to higher quality in the application and
more customizable design and less re-work
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13. How can all work be
completed in one iteration?
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14. UX Runway!
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15. UX Runway – Pulling work and quality forward
in the process
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16. UX RUNWAY - Ongoing
• Iterating ahead but on same cadence
• Just in time (JIT) design
• Just enough detail provided for development team to
start work
• 80-90% completion goal for wireframe/design deliverables
• Buy
in
from
business
and
development
• Planned room for UX changes in current iteration
• 10% capacity
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17. How does it actually work?
• Backlog grooming – dependencies are identified
• UX backlog is developed, sized, and planned
• Working sessions with Product Owners
• Internal reviews for collaboration
• Demos with development teams
• Determine if designs are not feasible
• “Finished” UX work items help to drive work,
collaboration, identify gaps, and INCREASE QUALITY
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18. UX Runway: Iteration Schedule (10 day)
• Days 1-5: The design
• Day 5: The rough draft
• Days 5-7: The final touches
• Day 7: Hand-off to development
• Day 7-10: Last chance
• Days 10+ (next Iteration): Start over and 10% JIT
reactionary design capacity
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19. Benefits of UX Runway
• Higher quality finished product
• Fewer “fire drills”
• Less development and UX re-work
• Faster delivery time
• More design flexibility
• Product Consistency
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20. Examples
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21. UX
Pulled
Forward
• Imagine
starAng
an
iteraAon
knowing
this
much
about
what
you
are
building
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22. Thanks
Q&A
www.xbosoft.com
@xbosoft
408-350-0508
Philip Lew
@philiplew
philip.lew@xbosoft.com
White Papers: http://www.xbosoft.com/knowledge_center/
/xbosoft
Blog: http://blog.xbosoft.com/
/xbosoft
Email: info@nataliewarnert.com
Website: nataliewarnert.com
Twitter: @nataliewarnert
Email: me@jamesandthemoon.com
Twitter: @jamesschmittler