Lynn Miller "Sprint Zero" talk tonight

[Kaleem]

Lynn Miller, our fellow UX Irregular and UX Book Club member is giving
a talk tonight. There is a fee if you're not a TorCHI member. Details
follow.

-K


"Start Well, End Well: Using Sprint Zero" by Lynn Miller (Autodesk)
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Date: Tuesday December 8, 2009
Time: Refreshments/Registration starts 6:45pm; presentation starts at
7pm
Location: Bahen Room 1210 (main floor)
40 St. George Street
Cost: Free for ToRCHI members & students, $5 guests, $20/one year
membership

ABSTRACT
One of the main complaints that user experience practitioners have
with agile development is the feeling that there is no big picture to
work towards. This causes problems with prioritization, over or under
designing, and wasted work. A solution to this problem is having a
Sprint Zero before coding starts. In Sprint Zero the team defines
product vision, sets overall goals and roughly plans out future
sprints. The existence of a Sprint Zero is a strong predictor of
success and satisfaction on an agile project. This talk outlines what
does and does not get done in Sprint Zero in order to have a
successful launch of the development stage of your project.

SPEAKER BIO
Lynn Miller is the leader of the User Experience team at Autodesk
Canada where she oversees a group of Interaction and Graphic Designers
who create innovative interfaces for complex 3D graphics applications.
A UX practitioner for over 18 years, she is responsible for founding
the team and bringing User Centered Design into the company. She has
been a strong proponent of Agile development since being introduced to
it in 2002 and has been successful at modifying interaction design to
work seamlessly with it.