User Experience in Agile Development
I recently attended the 2008 UPA conference in Baltimore Maryland where I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by Jeff Patton. Patton’s name is well known in the Agile community where he focuses on improving UCD within Agile environments….
The Persuasion Architect
While many of us are often referred to as a “Jack-of-all-Trades” when it comes to User Experience, it is important that we don’t forget to embrace multiple specialties when the resources and budget are available to expand the team.
This article talks about one of these possible new additions, a specialty role called the Persuasion Architect. This person adds to the team by bridging the gap between Usability and Marketing.
User Experience in the Development Lifecycle
Why is a user experience team important when developers have been creating usable systems for years? The key to that sentence is your definition of “usable”. Yes, developers do a great job at creating a solid code foundation which is…