User Experience (UX) practitioners and agile practitioners need to understand how user-centred design (UCD) and its techniques can be applied in an agile context. We studied the role of UX practitioners on agile projects, as perceived by UX practitioners themselves. Interviewing 10 UX practitioners in a variety of settings, we identified two main themes that they perceive to be highly influential in the success of integrating UCD and agile approaches: UX practitioners’ understanding of their job role, and the need to establish, protect and communicate an overall team vision.

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Johanna Kollmann

Helen Sharp

Ann Blandford