a panel discussion on User Experience in an Agile Environment
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Organic, Bloomfield Hills
Practicing user experience as part of an agile project can be challenging. How do we provide for a consistent user experience across the entire product when the development is broken up into short iterations? How do we perform typical user experience design tasks like user research, persona development, user testing, or UI design in an agile environment?
Bring your questions. This panel of experts will discuss best practices they have discovered.
When
Thursday, January 28, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Where
Organic
2600 S. Telegraph
Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
(Enter off Franklin Road)
Map
Cost
$5 for Full-time Students (ID must be presented)
$10 for MIUPA and MOCHI members
$20 All others
RSVP
Seating is limited, so please RSVP at Upcoming.org to ensure entrance to this event. You can also send an RSVP to events@miupa.org
Schedule
6:00 PM Registration, networking, and pizza
6:45 PM Announcements
7:00 PM Program
Panelists
Helene Gidley
Owner of Agile PM consulting firm HSG Consulting LLC and founder of Agile Groupies, A2 based Agile User Group
Carissa Demetris
Owner, Circle D Design
Josie Scott
Senior User Researcher, TechSmith
Serena Rosenhan
User Experience Specialist, ProQuest
John Rivard
Information Architect, Assistant Vice President, Comerica Bank
Moderator
Anthony Viviano
Senior Experience Architect at Organic Detroit
Michigan UXPA 
For those interested, here’s the twitter stream from the panel discussion:
@redcrew: The MIUPA presentation is starting now! Agile and UX panel discussion at @organicinc #miupa
@cmdrfalafel: Just introduced the Usability and Agile panel. I’m out of practice with the MI UPA standard intro!
@redcrew: Glad to see so many ppl at the #miupa presentation. Gr8 that so many ppl from Ann Arbor & Lansing drove out for the discussion.
@redcrew: The MIUPA presentation is starting now! Agile and UX panel discussion at @organicinc #miupa
@cmdrfalafel: Just introduced the Usability and Agile panel. I’m out of practice with the MI UPA standard intro!
@redcrew: Glad to see so many ppl at the #miupa presentation. Gr8 that so many ppl from Ann Arbor & Lansing drove out for the discussion.
@redcrew: Intros by @anthviv for panelists on Agile in UX: Josephine Scott (@techsmith), @hsgidley, @jcr, Serena Rosenhan & Carissa Demetris #miupa
@redcrew: Josie is explaining the agile cycles: Develop two tracks: one for interaction designer, one for developer. #miupa
@redcrew: If you’re not communicating, the agile process will not work. No throwing over the wall. Wrong, almost everything in agile is planned. 2. No documentation. -> Wrong, lots of docs. #miupa
@redcrew: Interesting, only about 10% of ppl at Agile in #UX presentation are using #agile in their workplace. #miupa
@crfarnum: At MI UPA – UX and Agile – Simplicity-Scale-Iteration… repeat! http://twitpic.com/108fle
@redcrew: Agile may change the scheduling of a project, but it doesn’t change the fundamental work that needs to be done. #agile #miupa
@redcrew: Agile is extremely difficult to do in widely disparate geographic teams. #miupa #ux #agile
@redcrew: Be ready to adapt when implementing #agile. Introduce the agile components that work for your project. #ux #miupa
@redcrew: Need to step back every once in a while says @jcr in answer to question from @crfarnum. #agile #ux #miupa
@redcrew: Carissa Demetris recommends using @balsamiq for wireframing. Simple to use, efficient, & easy to change. #miupa #ux #agile
@redcrew: Nothing wrong with using pencil & paper for quick wireframing. #miupa #ux #agile
@redcrew: @cmdrfalafel I thought you handled the MI Usability Prof. Association intro quite well Mike! #miupa #ux #agile
@redcrew: How do you balance designers & user experience on teams? Barb Hernandez from @techsmith: Change the focus. It’s about the customer. #miupa
@redcrew @keithinstone Missed you at the MIUPA Agile in UX discussion tonight.
@redcrew Great panel discussion tonight! Thx Josie Scott, @jcr, @hsgidley, Carissa Demetrius, & Serena Rosenhan. #miupa #agile #ux
@hsgidley just back from #mi-upa mtg on UX and Agile. Proud to be a panelist.
@redcrew Shout out to @anthviv for moderating awesome #agile in #ux panel discussion panel tonight & to @organinc 4 sponsoring #miupa meeting.
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