Re: Scrum and UCD

Linda,

To clarify, SCRUM is a method for delivering working software, UCD is not
a method but a collection of techniques to determine software requirements
and the human interaction aspects of the design -- unless you're going to
some school that has cooked up some method they call UCD :-)  .

You can do SCRUM with UCD included in the activities as long as you have
stories for the UCD tasks, you plan the stories into each sprint,  and
your UCD people participate in the daily stand-ups and report their
status. The outsomes of the UCD stories become new stories for the
developers in a subsequent iteration / sprint.

Marjorie H. Pries
Lead Consultant / Utility Infielder

ThoughtWorks, Inc.
http://www.thoughtworks.com


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Hi,
I'm writing my Master's Thesis at the moment and in my Thesis I'm trying
to find the biggest problems between the two methods and then to integrate
Scrum and UCD and create new user-centered Scrum.
My Thesis is based on literature about integrating user-centered design
and agile methods. My Thesis is almost ready and at the moment I am
starting to introduce my process to one software project where I am the UE
designer.

I would like hear from You, what kind of actual troubles and problems You
have had when using both Scrum and User-Centered Design?
And what advantages has the use of both methods brought to the project?

Waiting for your opinions,
Linda.