lessons learned from adopting lean ux
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Some lessons we have learned adopting Lean UX practices in the Visual Studio UX team at Microsoft. These slides were presented at UX Scotland 2014TRANSCRIPT
Steven ClarkeDeveloper Division UX teamMicrosoft@StevenClarke12, [email protected]
~50 million lines of code~8 million users~65000 engineers worldwide
Dispassionate observers
Dysfunctional teams
Lean is rising
“Lean UX is the practice of bringing the
true nature of a product to light
faster, in a collaborative, cross
functional way.”
“Continuous engagement allows you to
strip away heavy deliverables in
favor of techniques that allow us to build
shared understanding with our
teammates”
Attend UX Scotlandand Jeff’s talks
Don’t try to do it all at once
Defining outcomes can be difficult
Cumulative learning
Involve everybody on the team.
Really.
Get stuff up on the wall
You won’t always get it right first time. You need to iterate
It’s tough for people to give up their roles
Choose the cadence that suits you and your team
No more BDUF……doesn’t mean no vision
Power of storytelling
Remote colleagues make life a little more difficult.Not impossible