Unlocking SAFe UX: UX in a Scaled Agile Framework environment

By Julian Apatu, at UX New Zealand 2013

Something shiny, new and happy snuck through the door while everyone was looking the other way; SAFe UX is something more and something “less”

Taking the context of “less” UX within the Scaled Agile Framework, or re-framed in this case from a lean perspective, UX is applied daily through routine and repeatable practice at the team level as user stories. At the program level, UX has an architectural perspective across the programmes – this construct offers UX something more than ever before!

Transcript

1. Unlocking SAFe UX: * UX in a Scaled Agile Framework Environment
2. Chur: * hello, goodbye * thank you, no thank you * yes, no
3. Group activity * draw a 4-sided shape
4. Group activity * draw a 4-sided shape
5. A story of continuous validation * assumptions and expectations; validate * values and principles; adapt * projects are partnerships * what vendors say and do is different
6. A story of repeated failure * failure to understand the intent * reduce uncertainty; increase confidence * misunderstanding is intangible * what vendors say and do is different
7. A story of scaling UX * simplicity scales; start small * complexity fails; fail fast * externalise! * shared common understanding
8. Thank you for coming! // julian apatu // @japatu // uxwellington@gmail.com * continuous validation is empirical * failure is an opportunity to learn * UX can scale down as well as up ? Questions and comments