Avoiding Frankenstein - Design Exchange Nottingham 2018

Making design work in agile. A talk at DXN

Transcript

1. Avoiding Frankenstein Avoiding Frankenstein Avoiding Frankenstein Making design work in agile Jon Aizlewood Design Exchange Nottingham January 10, 2018 @Aizlewood
4. First, a story.
5. A great client.
6. This is Clare.
7. https://www.flickr.com/clearleft And this is Me.
9. https://unsplash.com/photos/d6kSvT2xZQo
10. Do you Agile? ✋
11. 2008 2016 Average percentage of Agile projects per respondent NNGROUP.COM 40% 69%
12. 2008 2016 Success of product development methods NNGROUP.COM 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.2 Waterfall Waterfall Agile Agile
13. https://www.pivotaltracker.com/campaigns/what-is-agile Sprint Sprint Sprint
16. Typical sprint anatomy START DEMO & RETRO BACKLOG REFINEMENT SPRINT PLANNING DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10 DAILY STAND UP 5 - 10 mins Team session, PO optionally attends DESIGN REVIEW 30 mins PO + key stakeholders with ‘acceptance’ responsibilities Demo 1-1.30 Hours Team, PO Retro 15-30 mins Team and PO SPRINT DEMO & RETROSPECTIVE Planning 1-2 hours Team, PO and all relevant Stakeholders SPRINT PLANNING
17. https://unsplash.com/photos/lAZqUCAOvOk
18. copyright Andy Thornton Masthead Body Footer
20. “ AUSTIN KNIGHT, HTTPS://AUSTINKNIGHT.COM/WRITING/DESIGN-DEBT/ With each successful sprint, a small amount of Design Debt is incurred as the design moves slightly away from it’s original, cohesive roots.
21. Lessons learned.
22. Just enough design.
23. http://fungyung.com/data/out/107/62835512-starry-sky-wallpapers.jpg A North Star.
26. Design systems. & Style guides.
27. “ MARCO SUAREZ, HTTPS://MEDIUM.COM/ETSY-DESIGN/DESIGNED-FOR-GROWTH-CDC2A01A8A8A When you build things to be reusable you’re effectively creating a system. And [design] systems is what we’ve found to be the best way to manage our design debt.
28. A best first pass
29. Use Sprint Zero.
30. Zoom out.
31. 10% time.
32. T-shaped people. T Breadth of knowledge Depth of expertise
33. POs & PMs.
34. Safeguard. ✅
35. “ A POST-AGILISM If it works, do it. If it doesn’t, don’t.
38. “ Don’t make design fit into agile. Make agile fit your design.
39. Tweet me @aizlewood Find me jonaizlewood.com Thanks for your time. Thanks for your time. Thanks for your time.