Flowcon - Mixing Lean UX & Agile Development

Mixing Lean UX & Agile DevelopmentHow to minimize risk, maximize flexibility, and create a loved product.

Wednesday, October 2, 13

Courtney Hemphill@[email protected]


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We used to design and build applications.


Now we design and build:

Products

Companies

Experiences

Services

We used to design and build applications.


Disappearing Boundaries


Disappearing Boundaries

brand strategyinformation architect

experience design

interaction design

front-end development

backend development

database development

data analysis

system operations

visual design


Emerging Technology


Emerging Technology

rapid prototyping

living style guides

in browser design

responsive design

client side scripting

offline appswebsockets

real time updates

mobile

html5 and canvas


www.evolutionoftheweb.comWednesday, October 2, 13

http://www.evolutionoftheweb.com

http://www.evolutionoftheweb.com

How do you keep up with all that?


you don’t have to...


we get by with a little help from our friends...


Some stories about how we help our clients find their cadence.


A little about this we ...


Carbon Five


Roles & Responsibilitiesdeveloper + designer + product owner


One teamEveryone participates


Conflicting perspectives are required for creative solutions.


MIT Building 20The “Magical Incubator”


Pixar HeadquartersThe legacy of Steve Jobs


Cadence


TechniquesWednesday, October 2, 13

Sprints as Experiments


What is your highest risk, highest reward feature?


Costs vs. BenefitsDraw a cost vs. benefits hipster cross and place your epics or stories in it as a mechanism for prioritization

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$$$ !

$$$ !!!

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Get your stories straight


Deliverable wholeAlways try to prioritize using a path to a full deliverable whole.


Just in Time Design


Cards?Wednesday, October 2, 13

Case Studies

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Week at a

Glance

Monday

APRILMAY

week 18

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

reflect & define

specify

build & refine

build & refine

customer feedback!


Kickoff


Monday


Retrospective


Capture Customer FeedbackStickies

Audio

Video

Notes

stickies.io


WhiteboardWireframing


HypothesisDefinition


Clean Up and Prep


Tuesday


The Art of Story Writing


Title (one line describing the story) Narrative:As a [role]I want [feature]So that [benefit] Acceptance Criteria: (presented as Scenarios) Scenario 1: TitleGiven [context] And [some more context]...When [event]Then [outcome] And [another outcome]...

Story Template


Story Breakdown, Estimation & Prioritization


Pair SketchingWednesday, October 2, 13

Story Mappinghttp://storymapper.io


http://storymapper.io

http://storymapper.io

Wednesday & Thursday


Feature Development


WhiteboardWireframing


Living Style Guide & Visual Assets


Designer/DeveloperPairing


Designer/DeveloperPairing


Story Acceptance(yay!)


Friday


Customer Feedback Prep

What are you testing?

What methods will you use to test?

Broad or specific?


Feedback Session


Five on Friday


Hybrid Prototyping


Capturing Customer Feedback


DisciplineWednesday, October 2, 13

Conflict that arises is critical to innovation.


Foundations


FoundationsConversations story writing, milestone planning, acceptance



Culturecross-functional teams, design, and dev integration



Culturecross-functional teams, design, and dev integration

Cadanceshort term solution-focused product development




Thanks!

Courtney [email protected]@chemphill


