Chris Compston - Agile for designers

Presented at Hey!Stac #10 on 17th June, 2014.

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1. Chris Compston @ndxcc
2. …for designers Agile
3. What type of Designer? Graphic Designer 8% UX Designer 7% UI Designer 15% Web Designer 38% Multidisciplinary 32% 8% 92%
4. Do you work Agile? Scrum 19% Kanban 4% Different / Modified 23% Doesn’t use 14% Doesn’t know 40% 46% 54%
5. Conclusions 50% of web based designers don’t use Agile
6. Mark Boulton - 2014 “…design is a naturally iterative process. We make things and then fix things as we go.” http://markboulton.co.uk/journal/how-we-work
7. Waterfall, Scrum and Kanban Agile Development
8. Waterfall 1 Discover 2 Plan 3 Build 4 Review
9. Agile 1 Discover 2 Plan 3 Build 4 Review 1 Discover 2 Plan 3 Build 4 Review 1 Discover 2 Plan 3 Build 4 Review 1 Discover 2 Plan 3 Build 4 Review
10. 1 Split your organisation 2 Split your work & time 3 Optimise the process Scrum
11. Kanban 1 Visualise the workflow 2 Limit work in progress 3 Measure the lead time
12. Luke Clum - 2013 http://webdesignledger.com/tips/applying-agile-principles-to-design “…software development isn’t web design, and the agile method isn’t necessarily a solid template that should be applied to the design process.”
13. How can designers work in an Agile method? Agile Design
14. 1 Find out where you are 2 Take a small step towards your goal 3 Adjust understanding based learnings 4 Repeat Back to basics
15. It’s about change Minimal Viable Product favoured over pixel perfect design Working in the browser
16. However… Constant communication is a must Be careful of waterfall in iterations Letting go of control is always scary
17. Cennydd Bowles - 2008 http://alistapart.com/article/gettingrealaboutagiledesign “…Agile does allow us to still do the things we hold dear - research, develop a vision, and test and improve our designs - we just need new techniques.”
18. Google Ventures Agile Product Design goo.gl/dS6M7Y
19. Day 1 Research Day 2 Idea generation Day 3 Idea refinement Day 4 Rapid prototyping Day 5 Output
20. Hour 1 Research Hour 2 Idea generation Hour 3 Idea refinement Hour 4 Rapid prototyping Hour 5 Output
21. Equal time for research, ideas and prototyping Ideas from various areas of the business Potential to have the perfect end product What’s Great
22. Requires full participation of various stakeholders Only have a prototype to work with Might have to push into another sprint The Challenges
23. James Archer “In the world of design, change is an everyday reality, so Agile is a very natural fit, once you figure out how to make it work for you. ” http://forty.co/agile-design-what-weve-learned
24. Discuss …at the bar?