integrating ux with scrum

Integrating UXwith Scrum

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Background - me

Information ArchitectureProject Management

Business AnalysisWeb Strategy

Usability


Background - SilverStripe

40 staff in Wellington & Auckland

20 devs, 4 designers, 5 PM’s$30k to $300k+ projects

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Scrum at SilverStripe

team defined processessprints of 1 to 2 weeksdaily communication

product backlogssprint demos


SilverStripe projects

‘agency’ type approachproject team assigned

timeframes agreedstart and end date

end deliverable


Common Agile/UX criticisms

focus on short development sprints,

chunks deliverables into feature sets

no time for big-picture thinking

little up-front design timelittle time to user test


Common Agile/UX criticisms

7th November 2013 • J Meadow

Agile work is mostly about delivery,UX work is mostly about discovery.

Two worlds - both concerns are necessary.

- Jeff Patton, 2008

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Lessons learnt


Lessons learning


Lessons learning

no one approach works for all


Lessons learning

best approach depends on the project


Lessons learning

best approach depends on the project


- type of project- client’s needs- budget/timeframe- client’s maturity

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Some common approaches

integrating UX with Scrum



UX Dev

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UXDev

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UX

Dev

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UX/Dev

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UX UX/Dev

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UX UX/Dev

concept,design & build

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UCD + Agile


Agile:

- Individuals and interactions over processes

and tools

- Working software over comprehensive

documentation

- Customer collaboration over contract

negotiation

- Responding to change over following a plan

UCD:

-

Research

- Concept

- Design

- Build

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UCD + Agile


5x UX/Scrum tips


UX/Scrum tip #1

UX = user needs


UX/Scrum tip #1

UX = user needs


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UX/Scrum tip #1


UX = user + business needs

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UX/Scrum tip #1

talk to business users AND end users...

as soon as possible


UX = user + business needs

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UX/Scrum tip #2


1st determine who the key users are

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UX/Scrum tip #2



2nd identify what they want

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UX/Scrum tip #2




3rd understand how they want it deliveredand presented

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UX/Scrum tip #2




3rd understand how they want it deliveredand presented

1 & 2 Concept Phase > 3 Sprint iterations

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UX/Scrum tip #3


think horizontally AND vertically...at the same time!

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UX/Scrum tip #4


get a head start with UX concepts...

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UX/Scrum tip #4


get a head start with UX concepts...

start with low-fidelity wireframes,early on within the team

and with the client

have designers and devs work closely together

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UX UX/Dev


UX/Scrum tips #5

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UX UX/Dev


projectspike

UX/Scrum tips #5

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Thank you!email: [email protected]

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