Working as a cross-functional team

SCRUM & LEAN UX | Episode 4

Continuing the 10 ways LEAN UX boosts value in Scrum, I’ll zoom in on how LEAN UX promotes better collaboration within a cross-functional team.

LEAN UX provides us with great techniques on how cross-functionalism can be extended to enable the whole team to get involved in discovery and to enable them to go beyond delivery.

In Scrum with LEAN UX, everyone gets to design. When teams consist of specialists with ranging disciplines working together in a collaborative space, each problem is approached from many different perspectives. Don’t worry though, these activities are led by someone experienced in Product Design.

UX Designers can promote collaboration by facilitating the exchanges between specialists.

They do this by facilitating Collaborative Design, for example by running a Design Studio.

LEAN UX promotes co-located teams, focusing together on a common business problem.

UX Designers find ways to share work and insights across the Development Team. They can help teams collaborate by facilitating collaborative sessions, for example by swarming together on a LEAN UX Canvas.