[IxDA Discuss] Introducing UX design in an agile environment

[Desiree Sy]

Yes, the JUS is published online:

http://upassoc.org/upa_publications/jus/

I believe the next issue will be out soon (in May).

-d 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kopcsak [mailto:michael_kopcsak at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:16 PM
> To: Desiree Sy; discuss at ixda.org
> Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Introducing UX design in an agile 
> environment
> 
> HI Desiree & Josh, 
> 
> Thank you both for your responses!
> 
> Desiree, will your article be available online?
> 
> Thanks again,
> mK
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Desiree Sy <Desiree.Sy at autodesk.com>
> To: discuss at ixda.org
> Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2007 8:10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Introducing UX design in an agile 
> environment
> 
> 
> > On 5/2/07, Michael Kopcsak <michael_kopcsak at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd like to know more about how larger leaps forward (in 
> improving UX) can
> > > be accomplished in a framework that is focused on bite 
> size pieces and
> > > endless iterations. 
> 
> Josh Seiden wrote:
> > 
> > The team at Alias does a nice job of talking about their experiences
> > integrating the two processes. 
> 
> Josh gives me a great segue. :) 
> 
> I've written an article that describes in somewhat more 
> detail the adaptations
> that our UX team at Alias (now Autodesk) made to usability 
> investigations such 
> as rapid formative usability testing and contextual 
> investigations (both in-lab 
> and in-field) to make them work with the 2- to 4-week 
> timeboxes (and incremental 
> nature) of Agile.
> 
> It's titled "Adapting Usability Investigations for Agile 
> User-centered Design"
> and will be published in the upcoming issue of the Journal of 
> Usability Studies,
> which is the online journal for UPA.
> 
> This article's intended audience is UX professionals 
> (usability professionals 
> and interaction or UI designers) who need to conduct 
> iterative usability 
> investigations and validations to guide UI design work in an 
> Agile environment.
> 
> -Desirée 
> __________________________________________________
> Desirée Sy
> Interaction Designer, User Experience Group
> Autodesk Canada, Inc
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