Incorporating UX practices into Agile development life cycles can be difficult. This presentation makes a few suggestions on how to embrace agility and UX.

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AGILE UX:
Embrace or Tolerate

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Challenges
Agile is developer-centric
Little time for design up-front
Little time for tests

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6 Tips for Working in an Agile Environment
Work in parallel with developers

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Work in Parallel

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6 Tips for Working in an Agile Environment
Work in parallel with developers
Work within the process

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6 Tips for Working in an Agile Environment
Work in parallel with developers
Work within the process
Use short tests during the cycle (Perform larger tests out of cycle)

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6 Tips for Working in an Agile Environment
Work in parallel with developers
Work within the process
Use short tests during the cycle (Perform larger tests out of cycle)
Rely heavily on Information Architecture

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Do-Go Map

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6 Tips for Working in an Agile Environment
Work in parallel with developers
Work within the process
Use short tests during the cycle (Perform larger tests out of cycle)
Rely heavily on Information Architecture
Use just-in-time Documentation (invitation to a conversation)

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Stories: Invitation to a Conversation

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Wireframes: Invitation to a Conversation

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6 Tips for Working in an Agile Environment
Work in parallel with developers
Work within the process
Use short tests during the cycle (Perform larger tests out of cycle)
Rely heavily on Information Architecture
Use just-in-time Documentation (invitation to a conversation)
Turn Developers into Designers

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Developers into Designers
Goal: Train developers to do the little things so that
you can do the interesting things.
Teach them to Value:
• People over Features
• User Feedback over Generalized Opinions
• Ease of Use over Ease of Development
• Discovery over Documentation

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6 Tips for Working in an Agile Environment
Work in Parallel with Developers
Work within the process
Use short tests during the cycle (Perform larger tests out of cycle)
Rely heavily on Information Architecture
Use just-in-time Documentation (invitation to a conversation)
Turn Developers into Designers

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If your stomach knots when you get in the car in the
morning, something is wrong with your project and
it’s your job to effect the change.
- Kent Beck, Extreme Programming Explained

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The heart of Scrum is assessing the condition of
activities and determining what to do next. This
determination arises from experience, training and
common sense.
- Ken Schwaber, Agile Software Development

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Big Idea
So, Embrace It or Tolerate It,
Be Agile
promote GOOD DESIGN, and
Things go better when done with others -

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Rob Keefer, PhD
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