“UX and Development cannot exist in the same Agile workstream” might sound like an outlandish claim but if you fully understand both it’s obvious. Can UX be Agile yes, of course in so far that all the effort and artefacts required to deliver UX can exist in an Agile workstream. UX includes user research, user
I remember being in the discussion at a state owned investment bank when the discussion was being had about which front-end language should be used on their new system interfaces and they choose Silverlight. This choice was known with the full knowledge that Microsoft was going to drop it as it was not in their
It’s just the most embarrassing thing to hear intelligent people say UI/UX. It makes professional people cringe because your left wondering should you care that they are exposing ignorance or just let them get on with sounding like an idiot. I mean their ignorance is not your responsibility after all, or is it? So what’s
User Experience (UX) why is it important? User experience is so important because it enables client companies to get to the heart of their relationship with their customers without the marketing glamor that hides how they really feel and what they really experience. Client companies spend a great deal of money creating myths about what
The UX point of view is we have no point of view That’s the point of UX (in fact it’s been created that way) any person who can offer a UX point of view (without actual user and business perspective) is not a UX practitioner. I get really concerned when I’m asked for my opinion
Below is a simple guide to find out if you have users involved in your project. A person who is not part (employed or service team) of a contracted consultancy. A person who is not part (employed or service team) of a client company project team. A person who does not represent the primary targeted audience (based upon user screening protocols). A person who
User Experience (UX) looks pretty simple can anyone do it? No it’s a skill and knowledge based activity, I look for communicators with formal science qualifications (BSc, MSc or PhD), standards knowledge, creativity and genius level intelligence. Wow you need to be a genius to do User Experience (UX)? Not exactly, but it helps. User
After a year and a half of planning and work UCD2012 is almost due to start. It started as a conversation on Linkedin for me, then for a while between contacts became all consuming to make it happen. As a contractor myself I argued for an event that would also be available on a Saturday
Investments for HNW and UHNW There are several types of on boarding that relate to both business and investors structure and size, their specific purpose for investing and their local regulatory constraints. The main participants in the investment process I will be focusing on four main participants in this post financial advisers (FA) and investors