Agile and UCD: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Date & Time: Thursday, January 8, 2009, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Event Cost: $10 members, $30 non-members
RSVP: By 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Directions:
http://www.openbookmn.org/
Refreshments: A light meal and sodas will be provided. Beer and wine will be available at the cash bar.
Program Details
Join David Hussman (agile coach and teacher), seasoned Agile professionals and UPA MN for:
· An introduction to the similarities and differences between agile and user-centered design (UCD)
· A discussion on effectively practicing UCD in an agile development environment
· A hands-on session writing story cards, incorporating key UCD attributes to pass on to development.
We'll discover how far ahead of development the UI research and design should be, the role feature prioritization plays, how best to communicate the story strategy, how to hand off stories, and where usability testing fits in.
Meet David Hussman
David leads DevJam, a company of agile collaborators. As mentors and practitioners, DevJam focuses on agility as a tool to help people and companies improve their software production skills. David's time is spent teaching, mentoring and coaching the adoption and improvement of agile methods, as well as helping leaders at all levels pragmatically use agility to grow and innovate. Along with teaching and coaching, David presents and leads workshops at conferences around the world. He has contributed to several books (e.g. "Managing Agile Projects" and "Agile in the Large"), worked on agile curriculum for The University of Minnesota and Capella University, and is currently writing a book for the Pragmatic Programmer series.
What's Agile?
Agile is a development method that allows development teams to write code early, helping solve problems of more traditional forms of software development. With this shift towards early coding, producing an elegant, well-thought-out UX is a challenge. The big picture UX and interaction design is important to have articulated so UI designers can remain flexible and available through the development sprints. Join us as we explore how UX/UI professionals can give the UI a head-start i
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