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Calculating the Six Hidden Costs of Waste in Software Development 

Planview

Nothing frustrates software developers more than working hard on something that never ends up providing value. Whether because of changing priorities, miscommunication among teams, or other blockers, the hidden cost of waste can significantly impact productivity and bottom lines.

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Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment

Boxes and Arrows

I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. This is an extreme example of where SCRUM went bad.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Design Thinking

InnovationTraining.org

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. Here are your design thinking FAQs and answers. You can also see our “human” responses to the big question: what is design thinking ? Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1. Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1.

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Do You Know Your Users?

Boxes and Arrows

False consensus bias contributes to making bad decisions when we design software. Alan Cooper noted this type of bias while wondering why otherwise smart, talented people often created such crappy software. Have you ever heard anyone on your team say, “what if the customer wanted [some feature]?” What are personas?

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Using End-to-End Visibility to Scale and Streamline Automotive Production

Planview

A Shifting Reality for the Auto Industry Automotive companies are increasingly confronted with the intricate task of synchronizing software development timelines with deadlines for vehicle launches. This integration serves as a bridge between software and physical manufacturing processes.

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The role of design thinking in fixed price contracts

Dawid

Design Thinking does very well when you have somewhat loose constraints. We have full permission to go back to the drawing board as failure is cheap in Design Thinking, and isn’t considered failure at all, but instead it’s feedback. That’s where Design Thinking methods are critically important. It’s not their role.

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The Art of Agile

etventure

Agile development has been around since the 90s, and became popular shortly after the turn of the millennium, when the Manifesto for Agile Software Development was formulated and signed by Kent Beck and 16 fellow software developers. If it is not applied properly, agile development can easily turn into chaos!

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