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Cross-functional PairingWhat it is and why you should be doing itAnders Ramsay JefBekesMike Long | Balanced Team Conference 2011 #xpairing  @pairingproject Photo Credit: http://www.emagzin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/120308.jpeg
Driver Navigator Continuous Ideation/Production/Feedback
1+1>2 Sustained Focus Continuous Debugging Multi-sensory stimulation Knowledge distribution
Why don’t we get to pair?!
X-Functional Pairing Sustained Focus Continuous Debugging Multi-sensory stimulation Knowledge distribution Create an L-Mode/R-Mode Tug-of-War Create a Cross-Disciplinary Loop Get comfortable sharing work in progress Learn to create lean specs
Linear-Mode Logical, Step-by-step “Gives you the power to work through details and make it happen.” Rich-Mode Non-linear, Intuitive Holistic, Asynchronous Non-verbal (e.g. visual)
Cross-Disciplinary Feedback Loop
Get Comfortable SharingWork in progress
Get Comfortable Creating Lean Specs
Also…be sure you are doing a complete feedback loop… Think Make Check
When is a good time to x-pair? Do this first… Big Picture Design/User Flow/Sketch-level UI Ideal time to x-pair… During a sprint, solving a narrowly defined problem
Is it all roses? Less or no continuous debugging Risk of tunnel-vision/solving wrong problem Designer/Developer dynamic can become stressful/aggravating
Case Study… Mingle Planner
Product group at Agile software development company Implementing Agile UX practices: ,[object Object]
Lo-fi sketches > interactive prototypes
Designing in the browser, refining in the codebaseWe require our UX designers to be unicorns technical (HTML/CSS/Javascript) and analytical
Case Study: Mingle Planner ,[object Object]
Collaborative sessions to map out high-level concepts, relationships, and organizing principles
Analysis by design > rough sketch of key paths and UI,[object Object]
Interactive Pattern Library
What we did ,[object Object]

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Cross-Functional Pairing: What it is and why you should be doing it

Notes de l'éditeur

  1. How many people here have done some form of pairing?Yes/no?Who here can give me a definition?Source: http://www.emagzin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/120308.jpeg
  2. How many people here have done some form of pairing?Yes/no?Who here can give me a definition?Source: http://www.emagzin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/120308.jpeg
  3. Bird by Bird: some instruction on writing and life:“I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren’t even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they’re doing it.” From Andy Hunt Bookhttp://www.orcutt.net/othercontent/sfds.pdf
  4. Bird by Bird: some instruction on writing and life:“I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren’t even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they’re doing it.”