Integrating User-Centred Design in Agile Development

✍ Scribed by Gilbert Cockton, Marta Lárusdóttir, Peggy Gregory, Åsa Cajander (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 291
• Series: Human–Computer Interaction Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book examines the possibilities of incorporating elements of user-centred design (UCD) such as user experience (UX) and usability with agile software development. It explores the difficulties and problems inherent in integrating these two practices despite their relative similarities, such as their emphasis on stakeholder collaboration.

Developed from a workshop held at NordiCHI in 2014, this edited volume brings together researchers from across the software development, UCD and creative design fields to discuss the current state-of-the-art. Practical case studies of integrating UCD in Agile development across diverse contexts are presented, whilst the different futures for UCD and other design practices in the context of agile software development are identified and explored.

Integrating User Centred Design in Agile Development will be ideal for researchers, designers and academics who are interested in software development, user-centred design, agile methodologies and related areas.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Integrating User-Centred Design in Agile Development....Pages 1-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
User Integration in Agile Software Development Processes: Practices and Challenges in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises....Pages 49-76
Templates: A Key to Success When Training Developers to Perform UX Tasks....Pages 77-96
Integrating Scrum and UCD: Insights from Two Case Studies....Pages 97-115
Integration of Human-Centred Design and Agile Software Development Practices: Experience Report from a SME....Pages 117-135
Communication Breakdowns in the Integration of User-Centred Design and Agile Development....Pages 137-161
Towards Understanding How Agile Teams Predict User Experience....Pages 163-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Workshop on the Integration of User-Centred Design and Agile Development: Approach, Findings and Themes....Pages 193-203
BoB: A Framework for Organizing Within-Iteration UX Work in Agile Development....Pages 205-224
Challenges from Integrating Usability Activities in Scrum: Why Is Scrum so Fashionable?....Pages 225-247
Integrating Both User-Centered Design and Creative Practices into Agile Development....Pages 249-276

✦ Subjects

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction;Software Engineering