mixing lean ux & agile development

Mixing Lean UX & Agile DevelopmentHow to minimize risk, maximize flexibility, and create the right product.

Lane Halley@thinknowlane@carbonfive.com

Courtney Hemphill@chemphillcourtney@carbonfive.com

We used to design and build applications.

Now we design and build:

Products

Companies

Experiences

Services

We used to design and build applications.

Disappearing Boundaries

Disappearing Boundaries

brand strategyinformation architect

experience design

interaction design

front-end development

backend development

database development

data analysis

system operations

visual design

Emerging Technology

Emerging Technology

rapid prototyping

living style guides

in browser design

responsive design

client side scripting

offline appswebsockets

real time updates

mobile

html5 and canvas

How do you keep up with all that?

You don’t need a unicorn.

Some stories about how we help our clients find their cadence.

A little about us ...

Carbon Five

Roles & Responsibilitiesdeveloper + designer + product owner

One teamEveryone participates

Sprints as Experiments

What is your highest risk, highest reward feature?

Just in Time Design

Short Kickoff

Cadence

Case Studies

nib.lyfrom

Week at a

Glance

Monday

APRILMAY

week 18

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

reflect & define

specify

build & refine

build & refine

customer feedback!

Monday

Retrospective

Customer Feedback ReviewStickies

Audio

Video

Notes

boardroom.carbonfive.com

WhiteboardWireframing

HypothesisDefinition

Clean Up and Prep

Tuesday

Story Writing

Story Breakdown & Estimation

Pair Sketching

Story Mapping

Wednesday & Thursday

Feature Development

WhiteboardWireframing

Living Style Guide & Visual Assets

Designer/DeveloperPairing

Designer/DeveloperPairing

Story Acceptance(yay!)

Friday

Customer Feedback Prep

What are you testing?

What methods will you use to test?

Broad or specific?

Feedback Session

Five on Friday

Hybrid Prototyping

Conflict that arises is critical to innovation.

FoundationsConversations story writing, milestone planning, acceptance

Culturecross-functional teams, design, and dev integration

Cadenceshort term solution-focused product development

Thanks!Lane Halleylane@carbonfive.com@thinknow

Courtney Hemphillcourtney@carbonfive.com@chemphill