[Sigia-l] Request for anecdotes: using UCD + Agile process

[Adrian Howard]

On 21 Aug 2006, at 15:58, Brian O'Neill wrote:

> Aloha everyone
>
> Curious – does anybody on the list here have any experiences to  
> share with
> regard to Agile (or some hybrid thereof) that worked well within an  
> org
> structure that has a dedicated [experience] design group? Anything  
> welcome,
> from successes to failures etc., but I am mostly interested in  
> anecdotes
> from those  with direct experience with Agile and less interested into
> turning this into a philosophical  debate on whether Agile + UCD can
> work/should work etc. ;-)

You might want to ask over on the agile-usability list <http:// 
groups.yahoo.com/group/agile-usability/> too. We've been thrashing  
through this topic again recently ;-)

Personally my experiences have been universally positive. The rapid  
feedback loops of agile methods, and the closer identification the  
developers get with the customer/user goals, are a fertile ground for  
usability work.

Cheers,

Adrian