Interesting. And while I don't really disagree with your audit conclusions, I wonder how you would pitch this to a product owner who just generated $2B in...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Jan 26, 2012 8:26 pm
... I've not got any insight into how the app store was designed, but it's always seemed very focussed on casual purchases to me. Lots of top-tens, socal proof...
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mark schraad
mschraad333
Jan 26, 2012 8:30 pm
The focus of both the store and the application is to find music, buy it and then play it. To that end, it works great. There are a lot of things it does not...
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Michael James
michaeljames...
Jan 26, 2012 8:40 pm
... Agree that would be a tough case to make. I'd probably point out that Steve Jobs killed Apple's top selling product, the iPod Mini, to focus on developing...
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Austin Govella
agovella
Jan 27, 2012 12:35 am
We just published an article by Stephen Turbek on Boxes and Arrows that argues against pattern libraries in favor of code libraries: *...
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Jon Innes
jinnes
Jan 27, 2012 2:52 am
The article raises some great points. My thoughts are: 1) Any pattern library that isn't backed by code somehow is doomed to failure in my view (Agile team or...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Jan 27, 2012 9:53 am
Hi Austin, ... I'd phrase it more like "pattern libraries without code are often less useful than pattern libraries with code". There are plenty of instances...
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Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
Jan 27, 2012 2:18 pm
As I see it, the main advantage of Design Patterns (whether they be a UX or Code pattern) over code or widget libraries, is that they are transferrable across...
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Jon Innes
jinnes
Feb 4, 2012 7:08 pm
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,...
