This document discusses challenges with integrating user experience design into agile development processes. It describes three attempted models and their shortcomings: 1) Fully agile resulted in piecemeal, inconsistent design. 2) Upfront design was difficult to change and designs went out of date. 3) Post-skinning led to drift from design intent and unnecessary refactoring. It advocates for a "Sprint 0" to define fundamentals before subsequent sprints to balance agile practices with holistic design.

1. user experience design
vs.
agile development

4. user experience & brand driven

5. clash of methods?

6. holistic vs. incremental

7. waterfall
(picture from Lynn Miller)

8. agile
(picture from Lynn Miller)

9. attempt 1: fully agile (scrum)

10. result:
piece meal design & user interaction
no overall IA/design consistency

11. attempt 2: upfront IA/design

12. result:
difficult to handle change
out of date designs
unused designs

13. attempt 3: post-skinning

14. result:
drift from design intent
unnecessary re-factoring
difficult to collect client feedback

15. we needed ...

16. ... keep the advantages

17. ... while avoiding piece meal

18. design chunking
(picture from Lynn Miller)

19. sprint 0: the groundwork

20. define the big picture

21. fundamentals only

22. sprint 1 ..n: the project

24. timing

25. challenges with chunking

26. mindsets

27. communication

28. artifacts

29. iteration length

30. manage this!

31. no sole truth

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