LUXr (Lean + UX)*Agile=awesome

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Talk given at the Silicon Valley Agile Leadership Network Meetup on May 14, 2013 (http://www.meetup.com/Silicon-Valley-Agile-Leadership-Network/events/102190522/). 20-minute activity included!

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Lean + UX = (Awesome)

MAY 2013

+Rocking out Agile with UX & lean startup

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Kate Rutterwww.luxr.co

@katerutter@luxrco

#SVALN

TWEET!

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We make products that startup entrepreneurs use to build products that people need, want, and love to buy.

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I am not an expert on your Agile or SW dev process.

You are.My goal is to intro new ideas for ensuring that ideas get out...fast

and simply...so you can validate them and

move them forward.

What to expect...

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“But the code validated!”

“The design was brilliant. It just never launched.”

“We made an amazing thing.But nobody wanted it.”

What I NEVER want you to experience...

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“But the code validated!”

“The design was brilliant. It just never launched.”

“We made an amazing thing.But nobody wanted it.”

What I NEVER want you to experience...

FAIL

LUXR.CO MAY 2013

“But the code validated!”

“The design was brilliant. It just never launched.”

“We made an amazing thing.But nobody wanted it.”

What I NEVER want you to experience...

waste

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You may not like the message/pace/process/pressure/perspective, etc.

That is okay.

All I ask is that you keep an open mind and try it.

What to expect...

Yeah, the wholeLEAN thing

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3 Big Ideas

Empathy.Design.

Products!

User Experience

Build. Measure.

Learn!

Lean StartupAgile

Collaborate.Release.Improve!

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“The courage to speak truths, pleasant or unpleasant, fosters communication and trust.

“The courage to discard failing solutions and seek new ones encourages simplicity.

“The courage to seek real, concrete answers creates feedback.”

—Kent Beck

The Values of Agile

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Eric Ries wrote a blog post on Sept 8, 2008 titled “The Lean Startup.”

incremental releases

+reduce waste

The big idea...

make products customers

want

+

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Steve Blank introduced “Customer Development” in...um...2006.

The big idea...

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Build.Measure.

Learn

• Experiments•!Validated learning•!Reduce waste

These change everything...

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risk

timeDefine

The old way

Design

Develop

Release

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risk

timeDefine

A better way

Design

Develop

Release

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risk

time

A very different way

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Empathy.Design.

Products!

UI UX

via Ed Lea: http://design.org/blog/difference-between-ux-and-ui-subtleties-explained-cereal

product

The big idea...

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Needs1. I need...2. I want...3. My goal is...

UsesMary can...

Features

Users

Sketches, prototypes,wireframes,

pixels

Your vision & ideas go here

whywhathow

Interfaces & flowsPrototypes

User stories

This Week

UX Stack BUILD

MEASURELEARN

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Let’s get hands on...

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{20 min Activity}

Users + problems + solutionSketch it out

Who are the users?What problems do they have?

What would be a proposed solution?

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Users + Problem + Solution map“the DNA of an idea”

5 min

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Users + Problem + Solution map

a mobile app for delegating tasks

business professionalsWorking parents with with kids

needs to know when something’s done

Too much to do, not enough time

needs to share tasks on the go

Task-a-doodle

“the DNA of an idea”5 min

May 2013

LUXR.CO MAY 2013

Users + Problem + Solution map

a mobile app for delegating tasks

business professionalsWorking parents with with kids

needs to know when something’s done

Too much to do, not enough time

needs to share tasks on the go

Task-a-doodle

“the DNA of an idea”1 min

May 2013

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{Activity}

Rapid Sketching

Clothespin Man

5 min

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Needs1. I need...2. I want...3. My goal is...

UsesMary can...

Features

Users

Sketches, prototypes,wireframes,

pixels

Your vision & ideas go here

whywhathow

Interfaces & flowsPrototypes

User stories

This Week

UX Stack

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Picture your user as a plausible human person.

Make a quick portrait:Name, face & a fewquick facts.

Who is it for?5 min

Working mom, 2 kids, in insurance sales.

LUXR.CO MAY 2013

Users + Problem + Solution map

a mobile app for delegating tasks

business professionalsWorking parents with with kids

needs to know when something’s done

Too much to do, not enough time

needs to share tasks on the go

Task-a-doodle

“the DNA of an idea”

May 2013

Working mom, 2 kids, in insurance sales.

Mary

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Needs1. I need...2. I want...3. My goal is...

UsesMary can...

Features

Users

Sketches, prototypes,wireframes,

pixels

Your vision & ideas go here

whywhathow

Interfaces & flowsPrototypes

User stories

This Week

UX Stack

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Understand and validatethe problem.

Sketch a quick scene of a moment of need.

Why do they care?5 min

Too much to do, not enough time makes her crazy.

LUXR.CO MAY 2013

Users + Problem + Solution map

a mobile app for delegating tasks

business professionalsWorking parents with with kids

needs to know when something’s done

Too much to do, not enough time

needs to share tasks on the go

Task-a-doodle

“the DNA of an idea”

May 2013

Working mom, 2 kids, in insurance sales.

Too much to do, not enough time makes her crazy.

MaryMary

LUXR.CO MAY 2013

Needs1. I need...2. I want...3. My goal is...

UsesMary can...

Features

Users

Sketches, prototypes,wireframes,

pixels

Your vision & ideas go here

whywhathow

Interfaces & flowsPrototypes

User stories

This Week

UX Stack

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What’s the value?Identify the value of your solution.

Sketch a quick scene of the moment of value.

5 min

Feel the relief and accomplishment of completion.

LUXR.CO MAY 2013

Users + Problem + Solution map

a mobile app for delegating tasks

business professionalsWorking parents with with kids

needs to know when something’s done

Too much to do, not enough time

needs to share tasks on the go

Task-a-doodle

“the DNA of an idea”

May 2013

Working mom, 2 kids, in insurance sales.

Too much to do, not enough time makes her crazy.

Feel the relief and accomplishment of completion.

MaryMary Task-a-doodle

Mary

LUXR.CO MAY 2013

a mobile app for delegating tasks

business professionalsWorking parents with with kids

needs to know when something’s done

Too much to do, not enough time

needs to share tasks on the go

Task-a-doodle May 2013

Working mom, 2 kids, in insurance sales.

Too much to do, not enough time makes her crazy.

Feel the relief and accomplishment of completion.

MaryMary Task-a-doodle

Mary

Validate in the world

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Needs1. I need...2. I want...3. My goal is...

UsesMary can...

Features

Users

Sketches, prototypes,wireframes,

pixels

Your vision & ideas go here

whywhathow

Interfaces & flowsPrototypes

User stories

This Week

UX Stack BUILD

MEASURELEARN

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Into practiceMaking it real

SprintsEpics

ThemesReady stories

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“The (validated) code validated!”

“The design is getting brilliant. We know because people use it more

with each iteration”

“We made an amazing thing.Because everybody uses it.”

What I want us ALL to say...

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“The (validated) code validated!”

“The design is getting brilliant. We know because people use it more

with each iteration”

“We made an amazing thing.Because everybody uses it.”

What I want us ALL to say...

WIN

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Geek out & learn tons more

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LUXr makes products that coach early-stage entrepreneurs on effective practices to deliver products that customers want, need and love to buy.

LUXr.co3435 Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, CA • 94110The Juhl, 353 E. Bonneville Ave., Las Vegas, NV • 89101info@luxr.co • http://luxr.co • twitter: @luxrco • www.facebook.com/LUXrInc

images• Ed Lea: http://design.org/blog/difference-between-ux-and-ui-subtleties-explained-cereal • http://www.flickr.com/photos/pompien/6160278603/

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