user experience vs. agile development
DESCRIPTION
Combining agile and IA/design is one of the most difficult challenges. Agile methods such as SCRUM and XP say absolutely nothing about the IA and design process. IA/design are usually driven by a holistic approach which is troublesome to combine with the iterative and incremental nature of agile software development. How can we overcome the problems and work together constructively?TRANSCRIPT
user experience design vs.
agile development
user experience & brand driven
clash of methods?
holistic vs. incremental
waterfall(picture from Lynn Miller)
agile(picture from Lynn Miller)
attempt 1: fully agile (scrum)
result: piece meal design & user interaction no overall IA/design consistency
attempt 2: upfront IA/design
result: difficult to handle change out of date designs unused designs
attempt 3: post-skinning
result: drift from design intentunnecessary re-factoringdifficult to collect client feedback
we needed ...
... keep the advantages
... while avoiding piece meal
design chunking(picture from Lynn Miller)
sprint 0: the groundwork
define the big picture
fundamentals only
sprint 1 ..n: the project
timing
challenges with chunking
mindsets
communication
artifacts
iteration length
manage this!
no sole truth
