Last year on this list, we had a discussion about a technique I've been using on client projects to help teams integrate UX activities into Scrum. Several of...
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kerrykimbrough
Feb 7, 2012 8:33 am
Jon, my 1st reaction to your UXI matrix concept is that no Scrum team I've ever seen would use it. No one wants to fuss with this much analysis and data entry....
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Peter Gfader
petergfader
Feb 7, 2012 9:42 am
Hi Jon Interesting idea. My 2 cents... ... values. Agile methods were developed without consideration for UX best practices. Early agile pioneers were working...
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Austin Govella
agovella
Feb 7, 2012 4:38 pm
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:10 PM, kerrykimbrough ... Kerry, you're right about the difficulty of using the UXI matrix inside existing agile software tools, but a...
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Tom Hume
twhume
Feb 7, 2012 5:17 pm
It strikes me that what you're tracking here is the state of individual backlog items. In your case, it's whether they're ready to move to development by...
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Jon Innes
jinnes
Feb 8, 2012 2:07 am
Kim, I guess your experience is very different than mine. While I agree with your point about teams using one tool, the existing tools don't really capture...
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Helen
helen.killin...
Feb 8, 2012 4:46 pm
Jon, I am really interested in your UXI Matrix and appreciate the Excel template. I have been working on getting UX into Agile where I work, and I like the...
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kerrykimbrough
Feb 8, 2012 8:23 pm
Sorry, there's a lot for me to clarify about my previous critique. I don't think the factors modeled in the UXI matrix are useless -- I think they are crucial....
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Jon Innes
jinnes
Feb 8, 2012 10:10 pm
Peter, We agree, mostly. I believe UX is becoming more important than ever, and awareness is only increasing. I was just pointing out that in 10 years of...
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Jon Innes
jinnes
Feb 8, 2012 10:47 pm
Tom, I'm trying to do two things. Track the state of individual items (stories on the rows) and track the big picture (see summary rows at the bottom)....
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Feb 8, 2012 11:09 pm
... There are a few other names that should be on that list, not the least of whom is Jeff Patton. ... I agree with your analysis. That is the current state of...
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Jon Innes
jinnes
Feb 8, 2012 11:09 pm
You're welcome Helen, As for UX evaluations for vendor apps, part of my inspiration from this comes from being a part of the CIF project. If you start using...
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Jon Innes
jinnes
Feb 9, 2012 12:50 am
Just to clarify, I realized my last email might be misinterpreted... Another way to use the UXI Matrix for comparing two products/sites or design variations...
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Tom Hume
twhume
Feb 9, 2012 10:05 am
Jon I agree that looking at how relevant work is to personas you're targeting is useful. I think there's lots of useful stuff to track in a project which I...
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brett.christenson
brett.christ...
Feb 9, 2012 2:15 pm
I am looking for repeatable and measurable user research methods/tools that I can incorporate into agile development. Any advice would be greatly appreciated....
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HRB
hughrbeyer
Feb 9, 2012 4:15 pm
Golly. I hate to tout my own stuff here, but you're kinda asking for that, aren't you? User-Centered Agile Methods ...
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Mairi Reyer
mairi_reyer
Feb 9, 2012 4:17 pm
Anyone know of any remote user testing tools for task-based analysis which are accessible with JAWS? Usertesting.com is not, WebEx is not even accessible. I...
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Helen
helen.killin...
Feb 9, 2012 6:38 pm
Hi: I'm not sure of what you specifically wish to accomplish however a colleague has suggested looking at Jaws Tandem. The Freedom Scientific website has some...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Feb 10, 2012 7:55 pm
Hi Brett, ... That's a pretty broad question :-) Can you talk a little bit more about your context and the kind of problems that you're looking to solve? ...
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Peter Gfader
petergfader
Feb 13, 2012 12:13 pm
Hi Jon #1 Thanks for clarification #2 Good point regarding: "Corporate users don't get to choose the software" Someone else chooses and drives the software,...
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brett.christenson
brett.christ...
Feb 14, 2012 9:50 pm
I have been working in agile development environment for some years now and just moving to working with engineers has proven to be beneficial. Now I want to...
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Oksana Gerasymchuk
oksanagerasy...
Feb 14, 2012 11:44 pm
Hi Brett, You can accomplish all these tasks (and many more) with UserZoom ( www.userzoom.com). It allows you to create remote usability (task-based) studies,...
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gregc
graycole
Feb 15, 2012 5:38 pm
Brett, I love analytics and totally admire your desire to to create repeatable and quantifiable tests. But as I read this I think the type of testing you are...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Feb 16, 2012 2:10 pm
Hi folks, On 15 Feb 2012, at 17:38, gregc wrote: [snip] ... [snip] A general +1 to that. On reading Brett's description the first thing that seemed an obvious...
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brett.christenson
brett.christ...
Feb 16, 2012 2:11 pm
Greg - thanks for the feedback. I was getting wrapped up in the quantifiable aspect of a testing approach. Seeing some of the tools out there with test reports...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Feb 17, 2012 11:33 am
Hi folks, Just a reminder to those who've been consider submitting to the User Experience stage at Agile 2012 - we'd love to have your submission but... THE...
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alexgoldfein
Feb 28, 2012 12:34 am
I am with large auto finance institution and am looking for a vendor to support the creation of a style guide for letters sent to customers. Can anyone point...
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Larry Constantine
foruse1
Feb 28, 2012 9:11 am
Alex, Unless Honda has cash to throw around, I don't think you need a vendor for this. Sample business letters, templates, writing advice, and style guides...
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lou schwartz
lou_schwartz
Feb 28, 2012 9:34 am
Hi everybody, I always heard that in an agile team one of the principle is the dissemination of knowledge in the team and thus the avoiding of experts. But I...
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Anders Ramsay
andersmatic
Feb 28, 2012 1:56 pm
I wouldn't call it dissemination since that seems to imply one-way top-down information broadcasting. I also wouldn't call it a principle, but more a practice,...