UX in a Dual-Track Agile WorldAndrea Neuhoff @neuhoffaSenior UX Designer, Deepfield

MWUX 2014

Kid in a Kitchen

Hunch

Should you share your hunch?

The stakes are low

Goals• Understand basics of dual-track agile• Role of UX• What to expect

What is agile?Iterative and incremental approach to software development

What is agile?Iterative and incremental approach to software development

UX

What is Dual Track Agile?• Splits the work between exploring new ideas

or improvements and building releasable code

• One scrum team

Dual-Track Agile

Delivery Track

Dual-Track Agile

Discovery Track

Delivery Track

Discovery Track

What’s the right think to build?

Driven by business and user experience goals

Discovery Cycle

Build

MeasureLearn

Search Results Pages

Build

Design the smallest test possible

Ideas:● A/B tests● Live data prototype● 404 Test● Guerilla User Testing● Paper Prototypes● 404 Test● 5 second tests

Design like you’re right. Test like you’re wrong.

Jeff Patton

Measure

Know your system.

Learn

Experiments and data do not make decisions. You do.

Be prepared question things you didn’t test.

Repeat and Iterate.

Iterate

Iterate

Iterate

Dual-Track Agile

Discovery Track

Delivery Track

Dual-Track Agile

Discovery Track

Delivery Track

Dual-Track Agile

Discovery Track

Delivery Track

Dual-Track Agile

Discovery Track

Delivery Track

Thank you

Andrea Neuhoff@neuhoffaandrea.neuhoff@gmail.comSenior UX Designer, Deepfield

References and ResourcesMarty Cagan - Silicon Valley Product GroupJeff Patton - Agile Product DesignSusan Weinschenk -100 Things Every Designer Should Know About People

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