2009 Session: GUIDe for Saving Face: Developing Killer GUIs with Agile Methods
Wednesday, 11:20 - 12:10
Track: User Experience
Agile methods are frequently associated with iterations, incremental development, and adding thin slices of functionality at a time. We have mantras such as YAGNI and we promote refactoring. These concepts are, however, harder to apply to UI-intensive application code than faceless back end systems. In this session, we will incorporate ideas from user-centered design and explore through a mixture of presentations and hands-on exercise how we do user-facing application development at Reaktor.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of agile methods and an interest in developing user interfaces.
Expectations
Understanding of the GUIDe method of developing user interfaces, first hand experience with designing a user interface iteratively, awareness of essential UI design patterns.
Additional Info
Lasse Koskela
Lasse is a coach, trainer, consultant and programmer, spending his days helping clients create successful software products and improve their performance through the application of agile methods and a culture of continuous learning. He believes that the most effective method of coaching software professionals is by working with software. One of the pioneers of the Finnish agile community and author of "Test Driven", Lasse speaks frequently at international conferences.