Posted by Anders on December 4, 2012
When adopting a new way of working, it’s natural to use what you currently know as a starting point, and to frame questions about the new thing you are learning using the terminology and perspective of the old way of working. So, if you are a UX designer coming from a traditional UX background, which tends [...]
Posted by Anders on September 24, 2012
Among Agile teams, especially those with a strong UX focus, “MVP” has become part of the everyday din of project discussion. A typical conversation might go something like this: Yeah, we’re working on our MVP right now. Sorry, what are you working on? Our Minimum Viable, er, Valuable?… Product. Not sure. Anyway, that’s what we’re [...]
Posted by Anders on April 24, 2012
I’ve seen a lot of discussion recently on what the difference is between Agile UX and Lean UX. I am happy to plead guilty to having used these terms interchangeably, as it would seem they are both talking about a more light-weight and iterative UX practice. But when I was recently asked to participate in [...]
Posted by Anders on July 24, 2011
In the first part of this two-part series, we talked about what Stories are, their relationship to Personas and Story Maps, and factors to consider when writing stories. Let’s continue by looking at the relationship between stories and UI exploration. 6. Iterate Story Development with UI Exploration Within the everyday chaos of an average design [...]
Posted by Anders on July 16, 2011
If you are a UX designer who wants to quickly get up to speed with integrating Agile and UX, there are few better places to start than with User Stories. They are both a quintessential embodiment of Agile thinking (i.e. if you understand User Stories, you understand Agile thinking) and a potential power tool for [...]
