Agile Development Iterations and UI Design

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Ferreira ◽  
James Noble ◽  
Robert Biddle
Keyword(s):  
Agile Development ◽  
Ui Design

Usability Integration in Agile Development Processes: A Practice-Oriented Best Practice Approach

i-com ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartmut Schmitt ◽  
Dominik Magin ◽  
Andreas Maier ◽  
Richard Wacker ◽  
Josh Wang
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Agile Software Development ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Ui Design ◽  
Practice Approach ◽  
Agile Software

AbstractSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) increasingly rely on agile software development. However, the majority of established usability methods have been developed with traditional software engineering principles in mind. So, one might assume that these methods and tools might not be applicable to agile development projects. In this paper, a possible approach to systematically adapting traditional usability methods to application in agile projects is introduced and documented as best practices. These best practices can be quickly and dynamically employed by agile development team members and can thus contribute to higher quality of software development outputs. The approach described in this paper was developed in the context of a German research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and conducted by one research institute and three software-developing enterprises and will be evaluated throughout the further course of the project. For this purpose, a number of best practices have been adapted to the context of agile software development and described in detail in order to allow inexperienced software developers of small and medium-sized enterprises to successfully apply these best practices. As two examples of these best practices, we illustrate the best practices ‘Contextual Inquiry’ and ‘Template-Based UI Design’ in this paper.

When a user interface is good enough: User ratings in UI design

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin L. Fracker ◽  
Michal Heck ◽  
George Goeschel
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Ui Design ◽  
User Ratings

Agile Development with 3D Data Modeling

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristian Sestak ◽  
Zdenek Havlice
Keyword(s):  
Data Modeling ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
3D Data

Dissecting the Dragon: GUR for Dragon Age™: Inquisition

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Berg
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Ui Design ◽  
Game World

This chapter describes challenges involved in the development of Dragon Age™: Inquisition, in particular, problems arising from the size of the game world, as well as combat mechanics and player classes and playstyles. It shows how GUR directly contributed to game design decisions, for example, in terms of menu and UI design.

Managing User-Centered Design Activities in Distributed Agile Development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sultan Alyahya ◽  
Ohoud Almughram
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
User Centered

Abstract The integration of user-centered design (UCD) activities into agile information systems development has become more popular recently. Despite the fact that there are many ways the merging of UCD activities into agile development can be carried out, it has been widely recognized that coordinating design activities with development activities is one of the most common problems, especially in distributed environments where designers, developers and users are spread over several sites. The main approach to coordinate UCD activities with distributed agile development is the use of informal methods (e.g. communication through using video conference tools). In addition to the temporal, geographical and socio-cultural barriers associated with this type of methods, a major limitation is a lack of awareness of how UCD activities and development activities affect each other. Furthermore, some agile project management tools are integrated with design platforms but fail to provide the necessary coordination that helps team members understand how the design and development activities affect their daily work. This research aims to support the effective management of integrating UCD activities into distributed agile development by (i) identifying the key activity dependencies between UX design teams and development teams during distributed UCD/agile development and (ii) designing a computer-based system to provide coordination support through managing these activity dependencies. In order to achieve these objectives, two case studies are carried out. Our findings revealed 10 main dependencies between UCD design teams and development teams as shown by six types of activity. In addition, the participatory design approach shows that developing a computer-based system to manage seven of these selected dependencies is achievable.

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