• DocumentCode
    3298651
  • Title

    The UCD Perspective: Before and After Agile

  • Author

    Williams, Heather ; Ferguson, Andrew

  • Author_Institution
    Elsevier, Inc., Philadelphia
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    13-17 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    285
  • Lastpage
    290
  • Abstract
    In the agile and user-centered design (UCD) communities it is often believed that agile´s quick development cycles do not allow time to fully understand our user´s needs. In our experience it is just the opposite: agile and UCD methods are not at odds with each other. As more development teams using UCD are finding, the iterative approach to agile is a natural fit for UCD. Though we have day to day challenges, we are successfully demonstrating how two UCD teammates on the agile team can aid in upfront and continual user input.
  • Keywords
    user centred design; agile team; continual user input; upfront user input; user-centered design; Content management; Decision making; Iterative methods; Product development; Project management; Prototypes; Quality management; Testing; Usability; User centered design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Agile Conference (AGILE), 2007
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2872-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AGILE.2007.61
  • Filename
    4293610