1. 8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt
Better thinking. Better experiences. Better results.TM

2. Agile is good for Refining not Defining
» Where did Agile come from?
› Response to shifting requirements
– The world changes
– Poor project/product management
› Response to no design expertise
– Regularly validate that you did what the client wanted
– Designers who “don’t know squat”
8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt

3. Elements of User Experience
8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt
UCD
covers
this
Agile
covers
this
?
“The Elements of User Experience”
Jesse James Garret – www.jjg.net

4. Agile assumes the client knows best
» The client provides requirements
› Are the requirements right?
› UX can validate design, but who validates requirements?
8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt

5. UCD assumes the user knows best
» The UX team exposes requirements before design starts
» Agile by-the-book doesn’t allot time for this
8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design.
Anthony Colfelt
Research Concept Design Build

6. Agile allows for validation… if there’s time
8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt
Requirements
Product Release?
Design & Code
Validate
Iteration
TEMPTATION!
TEMPTATION!

7. Holistic Concept
Digitize, Manage
& Replenish your
music library
Design inside Agile is impulsive
» Pressure to ‘feed the development monster’
» No time allotted for concept development
8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design.
Anthony Colfelt
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8. How it can work
» UCD can be too documentation-heavy, isolated & risky
» Agile needs help with defining requirements
8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt
Requirements
Product
Release?
Design & Code
Validate
IterationResearch Concept
Agile UCD
Agile as we know it

9. 8 April 2008 Making the most of Agile and User Centred Design. Anthony Colfelt
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