Desing UX in the Agile Process: Brief Introduction

Agile software development is a group of software development methods based on iterative and incremental development, in which requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development and delivery, a time-boxed iterative approach, and encourages rapid and flexible response to change. It is a conceptual framework that promotes foreseen tight iterations throughout the development cycle. The Agile Manifesto introduced the term in 2001. Since then, the Agile Movement, with all its values, principles, methods, practices, tools, champions and practitioners, philosophies and cultures, has significantly changed the landscape of the modern software engineering and commercial software development in the Internet era.

Who is This Dude?

First things first

A Short History of

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

PROCESSES

A (REALLY) Short History of (CERTAIN)

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

PROCESSES

Source: I wish I knew

THE PRACTICE:

WATERFALL The Solution?

INCREMENTAL

DOCUMENTED

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WATERFALL The Solution?

Failure

SPECIALIZATION

SPECIALIZATION

The Solution?

ITERATIVE

RELEASE

ADAPTABLE

RAPID

COOPERATIVE

QUALITY-DRIVEN

AGILE

IN PRACTICE

The Truth About

DOGMATIC

Rounded Corners Drop Shadows Reflections

Pastels Helvetica Gradients

FTW!

WATERFALL AGILE TENDS TO YIELD

FIXING IT

NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT DOESN’t work, it’s time to start

GOALS Let’s Review the

Fixing Agile for Designers

ITERATIVE

ADAPTABLE

RAPID

COOPERATIVE

QUALITY-DRIVEN

SKEW PROJECT

Fixing Agile for Designers

CYCLE 0 Make Use OF

Fixing Agile for Designers

RESEARCH

CARD SORTING

PRODUcT DESIGN

PRODUCT DESIGN

FEATURE QUADRANTS COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

BRAINSTORMING MARKET ANALYSIS

SURVEYS

OVERHEAD

CERTIFICATES

MOOD BOARDS

MOOD / STYLE BOARDS

TITLES

TEXTURE

INSPIRATION

STYLES LOOK/FEEL

COLOR

DEFINING “DONE”

PLANNING Start Cycles With

Fixing Agile for Designers

USER STORIES

USERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO UPLOAD MULTIPLE PHOTOS AT ONCE

TEST PLANS

USERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO UPLOAD MULTIPLE PHOTOS AT ONCE

- Test with JPEG, PNG, GIF (supported)

- Test with an unsupported image format

- Test with Flash not present

- Test with more than 20 MB of total POST data

CYCLE PLANNING

USERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO UPLOAD MULTIPLE PHOTOS AT ONCE

- Test with JPEG, PNG, GIF (supported)

- Test with an unsupported image format

- Test with Flash not present

- Test with more than 20 MB of total POST data

2

4

USERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO UPLOAD MULTIPLE PHOTOS AT ONCE

- Test with JPEG, PNG, GIF (supported)

- Test with an unsupported image format

- Test with Flash not present

- Test with more than 20 MB of total POST data

2

4

USERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO UPLOAD MULTIPLE PHOTOS AT ONCE

- Test with JPEG, PNG, GIF (supported)

- Test with an unsupported image format

- Test with Flash not present

- Test with more than 20 MB of total POST data

UX/UI

USE Documents As

COMMUNICATION

STAND-UP GET EVERYONE IN

Fixing Agile for Designers

Virtual STand-UP

Jackson Yesterday: Finished wireframing the rating features, all

updated wireframes are in SVN Today: Testing image upload interface from C3; diving into some user flows for C4 Blockers: None for now

VALIDATION Emphasize

Fixing Agile for Designers

FIT IN

USER TESTING

HAVE DEVELOPERS GIVE

PUBLIC DEMOS

GET THE TEAM INTO

ACCEPTANCE

TESTING

NOT FIXED

YET?

WHAT IF YOUR PROCESS IS

AGILE BE

Process still not working?

FOCUS ON THE

Process still not working?

ITERATIVE

ADAPTABLE

RAPID

COOPERATIVE

QUALITY-DRIVEN

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