This was a presentation I did for IUE2010 (http://www.iue2010.com) In it I talked about how User Experience and Agile are really well suited for each other.

1. Towards a more Agile
User Experience
By Zachary Spencer
@zspencer
http://www.zacharyspencer.com
zspencer@zacharyspencer.com
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2. What Is Agile?
• Individuals and Interactions over processes
and tools
• Working Software over comprehensive
documentation
• Customer Collaboration over contract
negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan
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4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zakh/337938459/
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5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stijnvogels/28049943/
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8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/omegatron/666450803/
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9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alpiniste/4710967463/
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10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ogcodes/2095054686/
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11. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnosis/3628751763/
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12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tontoncopt/2075310775/
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13. What is User
Experience?
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14. Delighting the user?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janset/2406178454/
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15. Making things really
accessible? and easy to use?
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16. Understanding your users
pyscho-socio-logical
makeup?
And maybe manipulating
them into doing what
you want?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spike55151/363016301/
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17. Bending peoples will to
line our evil corporate
overlords pocket books?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaunwong/4079939649/
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18. Yes. To all of them.
(Even the evil corporate overlord one)
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19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/3590132503/
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20. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/61056391/
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21. Where does UX Fit?
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22. #Development
Copyright 2005-2010 Scott Ambler (http://www.ambysoft.com/scottAmbler.html)
http://www.ambysoft.com/essays/agileLifecycle.html#Development
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23. What is it the business is really trying to
accomplish?
What problem are we trying to solve?
How will this project help us meet our
corporate objectives?
How can I help align this project more
effectively with bringing value to both the
end users and the business?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/1352562/
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25. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosenfeldmedia/3978126471/
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26. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucamascaro/4641678391/
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27. For Further Learnings
• Visit http://www.zacharyspencer.com/ and
click “Recommended Reading”
• Follow people like @JeffParks on twitter
• DO.
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