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Agile + DevOps Virtual 2020 - Agile Engineering & Development

Wednesday, November 11

Debbie-Levitt
Delta CX
AW9

Dev && UX: (Correctly) Integrating UX, Product Design, and Agile

Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - 1:15pm to 2:15pm

Software development methodologies often lack the details of how UX fits into projects. Some suggest that a Product Manager describing features is enough for developers, UX should train others to do their specialized jobs, or excluding UX experts solves them being “too siloed” and “not collaborative.” This happens with no other role in software dev; it’s hurting culture, efficiency, and productivity, and creating poor products for customers. Your customer only sees your UX, not 1000 developers or if you were Agile or Lean. Companies are figuring out that UX specialists and the User-...

Thursday, November 12

Ray-Elenteny
Solutech Consulting, LLC
DZ7

Developers Gaming the Agile Process? Say it Ain't So!

Thursday, November 12, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Who doesn’t like the affirmation in hearing, “Job well done.” Most of us have experienced receiving salary increases, bonuses, and other forms of reward. These rewards are often tied to meeting or exceeding objectives set for us as individuals, teams, and businesses. Regardless of profession, most businesses recognize and reward individuals based on meeting defined goals. Over time, Ray Elenteny has observed an interesting dynamic where the spirit of Agile can take a back seat to leveraging Agile metrics to evaluate individuals and teams. Evaluation by Agile metrics seems very reasonable,...