Inoculating an Agile Company with User-Centred Design: An Empirical Study
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چکیده
We present an empirical study on facilitating the adoption of usercentred design (UCD) in small Agile companies. To this end, we introduced a curated set of qualitative design practices in an Agile organisation, engaging developers in a lightweight series of workshops. Our results suggest that the approach followed enhanced internal communication and promoted a concrete shift towards a more user-centred perspective. However, the presence of a predominant non-Agile customer seems to have limited potential benefits.
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