Hi Susan, I'm really excited to learn from the redesign for www.gatesfoundation.org. I would be specifically keen know what process you follow. I have been...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
May 2, 2008 9:32 pm
Have folks here implemented (or evolved in parallel) Adaptive Path's sketchboard approach as an alternative to or a way to feed the construction of wireframes?...
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donald.buresh
May 3, 2008 6:31 pm
This is a reminder. Please distribute this email. Data on both agile and plan-driven projects are welcome. To Whom It May Concern, My name is Donald Buresh,...
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david broschinsky
sundiverdb
May 3, 2008 10:50 pm
I have used what I have called story boards, and I know the guys at yahoo have used cartoons to illustrate concepts and stories. The key is to make sure that...
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imaginethepoet
May 6, 2008 7:29 am
I have been doing agile for about 2 years now (scrum xp). I'm primarily a UI Interaction designers for a corporate enviornment(10 years). I've been heavily...
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imaginethepoet
May 7, 2008 6:05 am
I am willing to give this a try. It may be tricky to pull off, but I think it is a good approach. I can see how adapative path would utilize this for "web...
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Markus Weber
usabilitymark
May 7, 2008 4:47 pm
... I agree that this danger exists. The effect may be reduced, though, because iterating and designing alternatives is an integral part of "sketchboarding"...
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katharina9267
May 7, 2008 7:28 pm
As an usability manager I have been working on agile projects with user stories for more than a year but only at the sprint /iteration level. I noticed that...
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Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
May 7, 2008 7:33 pm
Not sure it makes sense to have usability as being separate from the user story. I think it's better if the user story is written in such a way that it talks...
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KATHARINA BRUNAGEL
katharina9267
May 7, 2008 8:07 pm
Thank you Alain - are you saying then that in order to build in usability into user stories it should be for instance incorporated as an acceptance criteria...
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Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
May 7, 2008 8:16 pm
... I'm thinking more about specific usability gotchas that might bight you in a particular user story. I don't think saying something like "users must be able...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
May 8, 2008 5:07 am
... I strongly agree with this. Each story is supposed to be a complete, releasable unit of work. That doesn't mean it has every feature under the sun; often...
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imaginethepoet
May 8, 2008 2:04 pm
I think you have look at the "done done" definition or acceptance criteria and make sure your usability is included in the definition of a stories aditional...
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Leina
leina_elgohari
May 8, 2008 3:10 pm
If the usability people are going to build in usability acceptance criteria into the user stories it will no doubt add extra work. Do they need to estimate...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
May 8, 2008 3:41 pm
... One of the things I see teams struggle with during agile adoption is going from a team with formal roles to a more collaborative team. In the beginning,...
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Jim Ungar
jmu270
May 8, 2008 3:48 pm
Leina - Our usability folks participate in planning and vote points with the team and then provide the bandwidth to facilitate usability testing. While we do ...
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Beth Meyer
drbethmeyr
May 8, 2008 3:54 pm
Hello, all; Well, I am very new to writing user stories, and my project team is not only new to agile methods in general but especially new to incorporating...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
May 8, 2008 4:24 pm
Hi, Beth! Thanks for posting; you've raise an important point. ... I think that's a great solution. Your agile expert is right that stories should be things...
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Jim Ungar
jmu270
May 8, 2008 4:26 pm
... work*, my response was to have one of the Done criteria be that user evaluation has been performed, but not that specific usability criteria had to be met...
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aacockburn
May 8, 2008 4:47 pm
... I concur with your observations. Jeff Patton in particular, and also I have been writing and talking lately to try to counteract this tendency. I think...
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aacockburn
May 8, 2008 5:02 pm
I'm been following this question about usage and usability design VERSUS incremental development for quite a while - since Jeff started up this group, and...
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Jared M. Spool
jmspool
May 8, 2008 5:30 pm
... I guess I'm wondering what the role of a 'vision' for the project is in the Agile world. As we study the differences between those organizations that...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
May 8, 2008 5:52 pm
Hi, Alistair. Good to hear from you. ... As somebody who has much more experience in under-the-hood design than as visual designer, I may be wildly off base...
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Austin Govella
agovella
May 8, 2008 6:22 pm
... At CIM, we're using an agile process to develop Fancast. UX work fell into two camps: 1. Discrete, tactical, reactive sprint support helped design and dev ...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
May 8, 2008 6:50 pm
... They do? I'd love it if you could point me at your sources for that. Thanks, William...
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Four Hewes, Caspian D...
newellpost2
May 8, 2008 7:59 pm
As would I. Four At 11:50 AM -0700 5/8/08, William Pietri wrote: They do? I'd love it if you could point me at your sources for that. At 1:22 PM -0500 5/8/08,...
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Austin Govella
agovella
May 8, 2008 8:20 pm
... I wasn't sure if you were asking about my sources for them claiming you don't the *need* vision, or sources that they don't care if you *communicate* the...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
May 8, 2008 9:30 pm
... If you're going from saying that "agilistas claim you don't need vision" to saying "bad agilistas pooh-pooh vision" then that's fine with me. I think the...
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Jared M. Spool
jmspool
May 8, 2008 9:41 pm
... By unified vision, I was referring to the notion that all the design agents have the same vision at any given time. No matter who you ask, you'll get the...
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leina elgohari
leina_elgohari
May 8, 2008 9:49 pm
Thanks William That's a very valid point. What if the usability people wanted to dedicate an entire user story to doing usability stuff. From where would they...
