UX snapshot:
What does UX mean in an agile context?
We asked our agile UX engineers at Comsysto Reply and this is their feedback:
Isabella, Agile UI/UX Engineer
Developing a good UX should be a central component of every software project. In agile software development, one of the greatest advantages is the close, cross-functional collaboration within the development team.
In addition to performance optimization and clean, accessible markup, the development of a good UX primarily involves the creation of an intuitively usable UI. All this is done by our UI/UX engineers. As part of the development team, technical feasibility can be clarified easily and directly, implemented solutions can be evaluated and tested, and mutual reviews can be carried out. In addition, the whole team develops a sense and responsibility for the entire UX topic.
Franziska, Agile Analyst / Product Owner
Successful products focus on satisfied users. These users should be involved from the very beginning. Ideally, a testable product increment is released after each sprint. This allows to obtain user feedback quickly and in short intervals. Assumptions being made before the development can be validated and tested directly. This results in new insights that contribute to changes of the product. Agile UX deals with this topic and is flexible enough to address user needs already during the development process. Agile UX has the potential to adapt in an ever changing world of user needs and allows to quickly integrate changes. In the end, it’s all about the customer value added and that is very much related to great UX.
Eva, Agile UX Expert / Agile Coach
For me, UX in an agile context deals with the consistent collaboration of our users and the product itself which should be developed in a complex environment. This requires also the consequent analysis of changes, rough and non-final visions of a product and the flexibility in adapting changed user behaviour within the product usage. It’s not just about getting a user-friendly or usable product to the market, but also about being as lightweight, flexible and open-minded as possible to new changes in customer behaviour and thus open-minded to changes in the use of the product within the complex environment. Short feedback loops and continuous work on and with the customer/stakeholders involved are the key.
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