I have been interested in agile process for a while, especial it’s use with UX techniques.
The other day I ran into a myth that there aren’t many User Experience Design people with skills that can work on agile teams.
It seems UX people aren’t very flexible.
This I find almost laughable, in fact most UX professionals I have found are extremely flexible, often changing tack or techniques as required, at a moments notice. Maybe we are too flexible.
The core of any agile process really is to have a role less team that can specialists with generalised skills.
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If you work with a client long term or are part of their internal team chances are you will see a number of redesigns of a site.
Over the years I have come to question why we constantly redesign things every few years. It’s usually a change in directional branding, a facelift. As if a website is just a fashion accessory that must be changed as the trend of the season passes by.
Problem is to often I see the same mistakes being made time and time again. The same old issues reoccur, as the central cause; lack of audience conversation and engagement is ignored.
There seems to be this idea of late promoting that all you need to design a user experience is a single developmental / design platform. As if this platform is all that is required, the UX nirvana, the ulitmate UX tool.
This is a little like saying that your experience with a cup of coffee is directly reliant on the brand coffee making equipment and tools that where used to brew the cup. With no consideration to given to the farmer, buyer, roaster, and the barista and the like.
