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Integrating UX into the Product Backlog

Boxes and Arrows

Agile methods were developed without consideration for UX best practices. Early agile pioneers were working on in-house IT projects (custom software) or enterprise software [ 1 , 2 ]. The User Experience Integration Matrix (UXI Matrix) addresses these problems by tying UX to the project backlog. 20, 2004: [link].

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What is design thinking and how can it help you innovate?

hackerearth

Since then, around 115 professionals from 12 countries, spanning various industries like software development, consulting, manufacturing, and marketing, have taken the online course. The interdisciplinary project team discovered the following reasons behind the problem: Complexity and cost of sophisticated bicycles.

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People Are Irrational, But Teams Don't Have to Be

Harvard Business Review

Here's a case in point: In 2004, my HBS colleague Gary Pisano and I conducted a project at a leading manufacturer of highly sophisticated production equipment for the electronics industry, which I'll call "Exotech." Like many companies, Exotech struggled with serious time delays in its product-development projects.

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How a Fast Casual Chain Shows Employees Their Work Matters

Harvard Business Review

The app was a big technology project for us. Working with an Israeli software development company, AppFront, we invested six months and more capital than we ever thought possible on it. You just have to look for and seize every opportunity to make your people feel valued and purposeful in their work.

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IT on Steroids: The Benefits (and Risks) of Accelerating Technology

Harvard Business Review

By 2004, RIM had acquired 1 million subscribers and only three years later surpassed the 10 million mark. A second accelerant of IT delivery is the iterative software development philosophy known as "agile development." Agile projects have focused on standard, non-critical systems. billion in revenues.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

But Trolltech almost pulled the plug on the “Project from Hell,” as they called it, because the style and values of the Scandinavian technology supplier and the Japanese manufacturer led to conflict after tense conflict. Collins worked primarily on IT related work, such as systems integration and software development.

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To Close a Deal, Find a Champion

Harvard Business Review

In a previous article, I wrote about the triangle of players involved in getting a major project green-lighted: Champions, Blockers, and Decision Makers. These were all true of Charlie, a champion I met in 2004 just as the tech world was beginning to show signs of life after the dot com implosion.