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User Experience Design in an Agile Development Cycle

Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 | No Comments
The title pretty much says it all. After working for a while now in an agile development model. I’ve discovered several disturbing things that really cause a loss of sanity. The agile development cycle is quite fast. Depending on your team it has different lengths. Most iterations seem to be...
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Why Did My Design Fail Miserably and Other Not Nice Things?

Posted: Mar 28th, 2007 | No Comments
So as I was laying here sick in bed and thinking about design stuff. That’s the great thing or a curse about having a design based job. Even while you are sick you can’t always turn off your brain. So unless asleep or staring at the tv you are always thinking. ...
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The Haves, Have Nots & Feature Bloated User Experience.

Posted: Mar 24th, 2007 | No Comments
Imagine with me a minute that you have just identified in your Book Keeper 2.0 web application that too much information and functionality is jammed into the “add new book” page. The business analysts insist that everything needs to be available to the user. They “need” to...
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Corporate Conflicts A Cantakerous Cacophany of Confusion.

Posted: Mar 24th, 2007 | No Comments
One topic that constantly is under debate in the corporate design world is: “Who makes the final decision.” Does the designer, business analyst, information architect, developer etc? Personally, this has been a major area of contention. When it comes to design and the user interface...
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So what is this corporate thinkers site all about?

Posted: Mar 20th, 2007 | No Comments
As 100% of the web tends to be, this is a work in progress. This site is structured towards the corporate & in-house designer. The current plan is to outline web application projects and provide tips, examples, design patterns, and best practices for the delivery of “CTHINKER Fake...
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