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The Big Think: Breaking The Deliverables Habit

From Robert Hoekman Jr
November 22nd, 2011
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Right there in the center of my boilerplate for design proposals is a section that I glare at with more resentment each time I complete it. It’s called “Deliverables,” and it’s there because clients expect it: a list of things I’ll deliver for the amount of money that I specify ...

How To Build An Agile UX Team: Integration

From Jeff Gothelf
November 3rd, 2011
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This is the final part in a three-part series on how to build and grow successful user experience teams in agile environments. It covers challenges related to organization, hiring and integration that plague UX teams in these situations. The perspective is that of a team leader, but the tactics described ...

How To Build An Agile UX Team: Hiring

From Jeff Gothelf
October 27th, 2011
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This is the second in a three-part series on how to build and grow successful user experience teams in agile environments. It covers challenges related to organization, hiring and integration that plague UX teams in these situations. The perspective is that of a team leader, but the tactics described can ...

How To Build An Agile UX Team: The Culture

From Jeff Gothelf
October 18th, 2011
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This is the first in a three-part series on how to build and grow successful user experience teams in agile environments. It covers challenges related to organization, hiring and integration that plague UX teams in these situations. The perspective is that of a team leader, but the tactics described can ...

Building Better Software Through Collaboration: Whose Job Is It, Anyway?

From Rian van der Merwe
September 6th, 2011
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In part one of this series, we looked at the consequences of designing and developing software in isolated environments. Some people work in lonely silos where no process exists, while others work in functional silos where too much (or the wrong) process makes innovation and progress difficult. So, how do we ...

Breaking Down Silos, Part 1: The Consequences Of Working In Isolation

From Rian van der Merwe
August 30th, 2011
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If you’ve ever worked at a company of any size, you’ve experienced it. Isolation. Some people love it: the determination that comes from being a lone ranger, boldly going where no one has gone before. Others hate it: the despair that comes from slaving over a design only to see ...