Agile/Lean UX Archives - Boxes and Arrows

August 26, 2014 Agile/Lean UX / Discovery, Research, and Testing

The Right Way to Do Lean Research

StartX, a nonprofit startup accelerator, recently devoted an entire day to the role of design in early-stage companies. One panel included Laura Klein, Todd Zaki-Warfel, Christina Wodtke, and Mike Long. Each panelist had made their mark on how design is done in start-ups: Laura wrote the influential O’Reilly book on UX for Lean Startups, and Todd penned the bestselling Rosenfeld Media Prototyping book. Christina has been cross-teaching design to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship to designers at institutions such as California College

September 2, 2013 Agile/Lean UX / Process and Methods

The UX Professionals’ Guide to Working with Agile Scrum Teams

Posted by Aviva Rosenstein

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. Many UX professionals seem stymied by the challenge of effectively integrating UX within an Agile development framework–but there are others in our field who have encountered the same problems yet are finding effective solutions. I first encountered Agile Development in 2005, when a team I supported was chosen to help pilot Scrum development

February 3, 2012 Agile/Lean UX / Deliverables / Process and Methods

Integrating UX into the Product Backlog

Posted by Jon Innes

Many agile teams can’t develop good user experiences because UX just isn’t integrated well enough. With the UX Integration Matrix, Jon Innes helps involve UX in every possible part of the agile process.

March 31, 2010 Agile/Lean UX / Case Studies / Learning From Others / Process and Methods / User Centered

Case Study of Agile and UCD Working Together

Posted by James Kelway

How does Agile work effectively when redesigning a site? James Kelway uses case studies as starting points to explore how Agile and UCD can work together during wholesale redesigns.

February 1, 2010 Agile/Lean UX / Process and Methods / User Centered

Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment

Posted by Anthony Colfelt

Anthony Colfelt is not anti-Agile, but he believes strongly about how user-centered design can operate in an Agile environment. Here he explains how he came to feel this way, the major pitfalls of Agile, and how he sees Agile and UCD fitting together in harmony.