A book in progress by Anders Ramsay. Publisher: Rosenfeld Media. Anticipated publication date: 2012
While Agile is taking the developer community by storm, User Experience practitioners are struggling to understand how they fit into the Agile universe and how they can take advantage of the powerful ideas that fuel Agile teams. This book will provide a path for design teams in general and User Experience practitioners in particular, helping them transform their practices by applying Agile methods and thinking.
These are my slides from the full-day workshop I recently conducted at the etre get together 2011 in London. It's a great sneak-peek into topics I'll be touching on in my book. Enjoy!
I recently posted the first of a two-part series on the UX of User Stories at andersramsay.com. User Stories are a natural entry point for a UX designer into the Agile universe. The journey that a User Story travels in its lifecycle from conception to release has numerous points of overlap with the work of a UX designer. Furthermore, the thinking behind how stories work is highly revealing of Agile thinking in general, so becoming adept at using them in your practice will be well worth the effort.
In this blog post, I mix a discussion of the nuts and bolts of how User Stories work with ideas for how UX methods and ideas can make them even more powerful. The blog post is also a great preview of topics I'll be covering relating to User Stories in my forthcoming book.
Read the "The UX of User Stories"
Enjoy!
-Anders
