how to combine design methodswith agile & remain sane

How to Combine Design Methodswith Agile & Remain Sane

Den Tserkovnyi@dtserkovnyi

16 millionusers per year

2000+universities

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and now

Please prepare

Put your hands in the air

If you ever been frustrated with…

vague requirements?

not being involved in the process?

lack of long term planning?

It’s OK.We can solve it*

Design is not just about function and aesthetics

It is also how you “get there”

ScrumUX process

March 2014

Now

me

+ More creative solutions

+ Easier cooperation

+ Speed of development

− Long term planning

− Style consistency

Devicetesting

ScrumUX process

Usability testing

Some obvious rules

All meetingsshould…

have fixed times (if it’s regular)

be timeboxed

be structured andhave an agenda

focused on goals

be reflected upon

Designstrategy event

+ Kicked off UXD activities

+ Good brainstorms and team building

− Doesn’t happen often enough

− Requires preparation

Working together

+ Working together in the same room

− Workspace differences are annoying

− Easy to completely hijack the meeting

Workshops

+ Good in-company feedback

− Do more of them

DesignSprint

From http://www.thesprintbook.com/tools/

FM T W T

If you do 3 sprints in a row…

FTWT FT

…they won’t all take 5 days.

From http://www.thesprintbook.com/tools/

+ UX promotion within the company

+ Cross department alignment

+ Good brainstorms and team building

+ Quick decisions

− Too much external work outside of the sprint

− Needs preparation and commitment

Heuristic evaluation

+ Structure

+ Quick feedback

− Time consuming

− Not often enough

Design critique

What feedback are you interested in?

What is the problem we are solving?

+ Nice and useful input

+ Sharing feedback with the group

+ Good structure

− Hard to contain feedback type at times

Sketch session

From http://www.thesprintbook.com/tools/

+ Useful input

+ Good structure

− Needs time for conclusions

Conclusion

Never stop experimenting

Start small &deliver value

Measureeverything

Nextsteps

It is also how you get there

“Design hub” days

Hybrid design team

Living style guide

Design spikes

Remote testing

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