Agile user experience SIG

ABSTRACT

Agile development is being adopted by companies with greater frequency every year, resulting in changes to the way user experience practitioners work. Unfortunately, there has been little guidance on how to incorporate User Centered Design (UCD) into the agile process so most practitioners either struggle alone or seek out others in the same boat.

The goal of this SIG is to draw upon the shared experience of these practitioners to uncover the best practices for agile user-centered design to facilitate optimal product development.

REFERENCES

• 1: Sy, D. Adapting Usability Investigations for Agile User-centered Design. Journal of Usability Studies 2, 3 (2007), 112--132
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• 13: Patton, J. Twelve emerging best practices for adding UX work to Agile development. Oct 3, 2008: http://agileproductdesign.com/blog/emerging_best_agile_ux_practice.html

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.0 GENERAL

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors

Keywords:
agile development, design tools and techniques, user experience, user interfaces - evaluation/methodology, user-centered design