Hi all, I've recently started in a new role as the first user experience designer in a small company practicing an agile development process. I'm now working...
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Mark Schraad
mschraad333
May 2, 2007 12:34 am
Dmitry, The article library at the agile alliance is a good place to start. http://www.agilealliance.org/library I think that if you come at this from a design...
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woodstockkk_2000
woodstockkk_...
May 3, 2007 1:30 am
Hi, The current environment which is moving from waterfall approach to an agile methodology requires formal UI design reviews..has anyone been able to reduce...
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woodstockkk_2000
woodstockkk_...
May 3, 2007 1:38 am
Hi desiree, wish I could be there at the conference just didn't find out about it at the time.. ? Is their discussiin around the use of formal UI design...
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Larry Constantine
lconstantine@...
May 3, 2007 8:36 am
Collaborative usability inspections are a more agile design alternative to formal UI design reviews. Over 15 years of use have proved them to be fast, easy to...
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Elizabeth Whitworth
eliz_nz
May 3, 2007 11:34 am
Dmitry, Lyn Miller has written some excellent papers on UX/UCD and Agile. e.g. Case Study of Customer Input For a Successful Product ...
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Desiree Sy
desireesy
May 3, 2007 3:16 pm
In addition to Lynn's paper (which is targeted more at developers with no background in UX), I've written an article that describes in detail the adaptations ...
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k c
woodstockkk_...
May 4, 2007 1:09 am
Hi Desiree, Sounds like exactly what I am looking for...I don't suppose I could get a preview version by chance:) Kip ... From: Desiree Sy...
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hubert_g_smits
May 6, 2007 5:55 pm
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agile-usability@yahoo...
May 7, 2007 4:41 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the agile-usability group: What do you consider your primary role? User Experience or Developer? o...
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Brian Marick
briandawnpau...
May 7, 2007 8:55 pm
What box should testers check? ... Brian Marick, independent consultant Mostly on agile methods with a testing slant www.exampler.com, www.exampler.com/blog...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
May 7, 2007 10:20 pm
Hmmm... Shouldn't you try them all? ;-) ... -- ... * George Dinwiddie * http://blog.gdinwiddie.com Software Development...
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Robert Biddle
robtbiddle
May 7, 2007 11:05 pm
I was thinking: good point --- testers don't fit in that category scheme! And then I wondered: what do they test? When we test "tester", we usually mean...
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Brian Marick
briandawnpau...
May 8, 2007 12:40 am
... Depends on the school of testing. The "analytic"; and "factory" schools would tend to have functionality testers butt out of usability testing. The...
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Jon Kern
jonkernpa
May 8, 2007 2:57 am
re: " How many functionality testers are usability testers?" are not all users (testers not withstanding) usability testers? jon blog: http://technicaldebt.com...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
May 8, 2007 6:53 am
... [snip] It's interesting that I occasionally see a similar damaging dynamic in the UX world to the developer/tester divide (look at all the clever design...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
May 8, 2007 6:57 am
... My bad - I'll add it in :-) The reason I stuck the poll up was a comment on another list that the folk here were mostly "software engineers". I hadn't got...
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Robert Biddle
robtbiddle
May 8, 2007 10:44 am
... I guess you might say that, but for testers it is the testing that is the primary task, and they have both experience and focus on that, with a supporting...
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Tim Wright
crazy_timnz
May 9, 2007 7:09 am
Not that Robert's post is spam, but I do need to add: - Are all posters to UseNet groups Spammers? I guess the answer is: over time, they tend to be. I wonder...
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White, Jeff
jawsadieemail
May 9, 2007 3:12 pm
True, and I could say that since I've been eating food for a long time, I'm the equal of an executive chef at the world's finest restaurant. As much as I'd...
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Robert Biddle
robtbiddle
May 9, 2007 11:32 pm
Hi Tim: I do agree there is a sense in which this is true. But I don't think it's helpful. People who use things often cope, but don't work to improve things. ...
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Ash Donaldson
pixelprotago...
May 10, 2007 12:41 am
... Further to Robert's comments: As with all professions, you have dabblers and specialists. Personally, I have 12 years of study and practice in Human...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
May 10, 2007 9:53 am
On 9 May 2007, at 15:23, White, Jeff wrote: [snip] ... True. However, I seem to encounter two breeds of specialist. The "inward" looking ones who don't want to...
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Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
May 10, 2007 11:40 am
I agree wholeheartedly. It's not your user's job to find usability problems, no more than it is their job to find bugs in your system. Alain...
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Pascal Roy
pascal_roy_1967
May 10, 2007 11:58 am
Adrian, I agree with you on the generalising specialist, an interesting term... I've seen a number of times development completely halted because a bunch of...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
May 10, 2007 12:00 pm
... I read the original post as referring to having an onsite customer using the system. I'm not saying that this is a complete replacement for more formal ...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
May 10, 2007 12:31 pm
... [snip] Don't worry - I've seen this a lot. Even when I've been employed primarily for my user experience hat :-) The absolute best way I've found to...
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Pascal Roy
pascal_roy_1967
May 10, 2007 12:59 pm
That's just it. They don't want to pay you to spend the time do it right just so you can eventually show them the right way... ;-) I guess I'll have to do it...
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Leina
leina_elgohari
May 10, 2007 2:04 pm
Hello I'm interested in how I can benchmark or conduct a comparitive study of an agile project (**in particular the usability aspect of that project**) against...
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rite2meenu
May 11, 2007 1:38 am
Friends, I am new to Software Testing and want to learn it by depth. I need ur support in the same. Here are few things I am looking for the long time but...
