This was a presentation I did for IUE2010 (http://www.iue2010.com)
In it I talked about how User Experience and Agile are really well suited for each other.
Corporate Profile 47Billion Information Technology
User Experience and Agile Software Development
1. Towards a more Agile
User Experience
By Zachary Spencer
@zspencer
http://www.zacharyspencer.com
zspencer@zacharyspencer.com
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2. What Is 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
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16. Understanding your users
pyscho-socio-logical
makeup?
And maybe manipulating
them into doing what
you want?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spike55151/363016301/
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17. Bending peoples will to
line our evil corporate
overlords pocket books?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaunwong/4079939649/
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18. Yes. To all of them.
(Even the evil corporate overlord one)
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22. #Development
Copyright 2005-2010 Scott Ambler (http://www.ambysoft.com/scottAmbler.html)
http://www.ambysoft.com/essays/agileLifecycle.html#Development
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23. What is it the business is really trying to
accomplish?
What problem are we trying to solve?
How will this project help us meet our
corporate objectives?
How can I help align this project more
effectively with bringing value to both the
end users and the business?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/1352562/
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27. For Further Learnings
• Visit http://www.zacharyspencer.com/ and
click “Recommended Reading”
• Follow people like @JeffParks on twitter
• DO.
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