Mixing Lean UX and Agile Development - How to minimize risk, maximize flexibility, and create a loved product. Updated and enhanced for Flowcon November 1st, 2013!

1. Mixing Lean UX &
Agile Development
How to minimize risk, maximize flexibility, and
create a loved product.
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2. Courtney Hemphill
@chemphill
courtney@carbonfive.com
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3. We used to design and build
applications.
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4. We used to design and build
applications.
Now we design and build:
Products
Companies
Experiences
Services
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5. Disappearing Boundaries
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6. 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

7. Emerging Technology
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8. 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

9. www.evolutionoftheweb.com
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10. How do you keep up
with all that?
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11. you don’t have to...
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12. we get by with a little
help from our friends...
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13. Some stories about how
we help our clients find
their cadence.
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14. A little about this we ...
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15. Carbon Five
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16. Roles & Responsibilities
developer + designer + product owner
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17. One team
Everyone participates
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18. Conflicting perspectives
are required for creative
solutions.
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19. MIT Building 20
The “Magical Incubator”
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20. Pixar Headquarters
The legacy of Steve Jobs
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21. Cadence
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22. Techniques
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23. Sprints as
Experiments
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24. What is your highest risk,
highest reward feature?
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25. Costs vs. Benefits
Place your epics or stories as a mechanism for
prioritization
$$$ !!!
$$$ !
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$ !!!
$!

26. Get your stories straight
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27. Deliverable whole
Always try to prioritize using a path to a full
deliverable whole.
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28. Just in Time Design
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29. ?
Cards
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30. Case Studies
nib.ly
from
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31. 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

32. Flexible Schedule
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33. Monday
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34. Charrette!
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35. Retrospective
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36. Capture Customer Feedback
Stickies
Audio
Video
Notes
stickies.io
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37. Whiteboard
Wireframing
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38. Hypothesis
Definition
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39. Clean Up and Prep
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40. Tuesday
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41. The Art of Story Writing
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42. 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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43. Story Breakdown,
Estimation &
Prioritization
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44. Pair Sketching
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45. Story Mapping
http://storymapper.io
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46. Wednesday
& Thursday
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47. Feature
Development
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48. Whiteboard
Wireframing
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49. Living Style Guide
& Visual Assets
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50. Designer/Developer
Pairing
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51. Designer/Developer
Pairing
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52. Story Acceptance
(yay!)
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53. Friday
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54. Customer Feedback Prep
What are you testing?
What methods will you use to test?
Broad or specific?
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55. Feedback
Session
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56. Five on
Friday
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57. Hybrid
Prototyping
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58. Capturing
Customer Feedback
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59. Discipline
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60. Conflict that
arises is critical
to innovation.
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61. Foundations
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62. Foundations
Conversations
story writing, milestone planning, acceptance
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63. Foundations
Conversations
story writing, milestone planning, acceptance
Culture
cross-functional teams, design, and dev
integration
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64. 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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65. Thanks!
Courtney Hemphill
courtney@carbonfive.com
@chemphill
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