The UCD people on the list might have heard of Holtzblatt & Wood's new Rapid Contextual Design. Can anyone comment on it? Is it just fast? Or can we look at...
It's been a slow few weeks on this list - not much discussion. But, oddly, the number of joiners continues to be steady. There are a lot of people wanting to...
Jeff, I'm a new joiner, and the content you just sent in your last email is the reason I joined this group. I am an Information Architect with experience...
I have never tried either CD or RCD, but I like what I read about it. I particularly like the fact that they focus on studying and understanding workpractices...
We were one of the case studies for the book. We are using contextual design more asynchronously, storing the data for future use. This works in our case - as...
The Methods & Tools newsletter has just released in its html archive section "Agile, Multidisciplinary Teamwork" by Gautam Gosh This article presents...
Hey guys -- I was reading old notes to this list and had a sudden news flash which is maybe obvious to everyone else, but maybe not -- what I realized is that...
Hey, Jeff. Parachuted back in just in time to see this message. Yes, ways of synchronizing with agile methods are covered in this book but it's not the book's...
... do such ... produces ... it's out ... It all depends what you mean by usability person. To some, a usability person is just the really annoying person who ...
... Yeah, usability can be at least two things: 1) design and 2) testing. It requires completely different skills and attitude. I can admit that I'm a terrible...
Good point. Some of us are starting to call this 'User Experience Design' for that reason. Usability done after the code is written is rarely helpful on that...
I don't know that you're "not" a usability person, but, no, you are not out to lunch, Hugh. In our organization, using XP methodology to create a retail...
On this topic, Dave Broschinsky (my partner here) and I recently made a presentation to the local CHI chapter called "Interaction Design in an Agile World,"...
Call for Participation - Agile 2005 July 24-29, 2005. Marriott Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA. http://www.agile2005.org March 1: Submissions due for Tutorials...
... I'm really surprised to see you putting it that way, but perhaps I'm missing something. I never perceived contextual design as requiring one start with a...
Oops-I think you're misunderstanding me. Contextual Design certainly doesn't expect a completed design-it's often used to generate the product concept. And I...
In a message dated 1/25/2005 12:05:26 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, agile-usability@yahoogroups.com writes: Some of us are starting to call this 'User...
... be the ... Possibly being a little nitpicky here, but I don't agree that a "usability person" should have the role of being the "customer's voice." The...
... In the standard MRD/PRD world, I would agree. But are there people doing this in the agile world? It seems in the agile world they're sort of still trying...
... compares ... I read the article ref you attached /finally/ and like it alot. Thinking about it, I think a problem with software design is in fact the...
... team ... turned into ... I saw Lisa & Dave speak at LanDesk last week and wrote down something Lisa said: "I find the prototype to be a good discussion...
I reviewed a workshop proposal for XP Agile 2004 (I forget who it was from) which was describing a process whereby at the end of each iteration, the whole team...
... Now I get you. The same is often true for QA people, whether or not the team is agile. I guess I'm so used it that I take it for granted. This may seem...
... What you're saying it perfectly true, but not withstanding the horror stories that get all the attention, in reality the goals are in alignment. No...
... In the standard MRD/PRD world, I would agree. But are there people doing this in the agile world? It seems in the agile world they're sort of still trying...
... news flash ... realized is ... require a ... I regret creating this list with the name agile-usability... I'd just came back from the UPA conference last...
... horror stories that get all the ... I disgree. The goals may be in alignment, but, there are often enough times ( which aren't edge case horror stories)...