Agile User Experience Design - A Practitioner''s Guide to Making It Work

Informationen zum Autor Diana Brown has been designing interactions and software interfaces for over a decade. She has spent a good portion of that time talking to end users and finding ways to encourage them to talk to her. Much of the rest of her time has been spent talking to her development teams and finding ways to encourage them to talk to her. She continues to be amazed by all of the cool things that software can do. Klappentext UX designers struggle to get Design included into their company¿s Agile software development process. In today¿s overcrowded markets, great user interface design can make the difference between a success and a flop. Even so, many UXers find that they are having a hard time getting to the table to give critical input for software and product design teams using Agile processes. This book provides knowledge that can immediately get you to that table. The author, utilizing several case studies (both successes and failures), passes on tough lessons learned so that readers don¿t have to make the same mistakes. After reading this book, you will acquire practical techniques that can be used immediately on how to incorporate design and user testing to improve software and product development using any Agile process. Zusammenfassung Being able to fit design into the Agile software development processes is an important skill in today's market. This book provides you with the tools you need to determine what Agile UX means for you. It includes practical examples and case studies! as well as real-life factors to consider while navigating the Agile UX waters.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Agile
Chapter 2: Agile Methods + UX = Agile UX
Chapter 3. Case studies
Chapter 4. Common success factors
Chapter 5: Frequently Asked Questions
Chapter 6: Using Agile Concepts for UX teams

Product details

• Authors: Diana Brown, Diana (Has Been Designing Interactions and Brown, Diana (has been designing interactions and software interfaces for over a decade.) Brown, Diana DeMarco Brown, Brown Diana
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2012
• EAN: 9780124159532
• ISBN: 978-0-12-415953-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Morgan Kaufmann
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Application software; COMPUTERS / User Interfaces, Enterprise Software, User interface design & usability, User interface design and usability, COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / General, software; software development; documentation; communication