This month's Agile KC meeting will be held at 6:30 PM on Thursday April 28, 2016 at Centriq Training.   This will be a sponsored event.


To register and to get a map please visit www.agilekc.org.


Meeting Topic:
UX and Agile - Making it Hum

Meeting Learning
More and more User Experience (UX) is becoming a key differentiation and a critical component of solutions.  The market is fickle and the usability of a solution is just as important as the content and capabilities.  As an example consider how Yahoo is undergoing significant changes to its UX while Amazon is refining their model. 

Meeting Description
This month’s Agile KC session brings in Jenny Tarwater and Chrys Sullivan to discuss the intersection of Agile and UX.  Plan on joining us to learn more about:
  • The Agile Mind-set: the focus on value, experimentation and collaboration 
  • Scrum in 5 minutes: A primer to baseline our talks 
  • Top 5 reasons UX fails in Agile and tips for overcoming 
  • Leveraging "Sprint 0" and "UX Runway" strategies to overcome timeline and resource crunches 
  • Best practices for getting more accurate time estimates from designers 
  • Lean UX strategies for quick, effective user validation during cycles 
  • Strategies for forming a team with UX impact 

Speakers Bio ’s
Chrys Sullivan - Founder/CEO of Useagility, a user experience firm located in Kansas City, serving the Silicon Prairie and beyond. I believe that usable, intuitive product design translates directly to financial success for technology companies. I’m obsessed with product strategy, user experience strategy and UI designs that achieve business results. 
 
Jenny Tarwater - Founder/Chief Agilist of Blueshift Innovation, which provides agile coaching, training and facilitation. Jenny Tarwater is a 20-year veteran of Technical Project and Program Management with a disciplined approach of cultivating success and growth in people, process and products. Jenny’s mission as a kinetic leader, partner and consummate student is to lead others to surpass goals, contribute positive impressions in collaborative environments and explore undiscovered opportunities and solutions through continuous learning. Jenny’s endless motivation drives her involvement in cultivating the “small company start up culture” in companies large and small.

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