Category Archives: Lean UX

Remote collaborative brainstorming and sketching – Part I

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jeff Gothelf

I’ve been facilitating design studios with collocated teams for years. Many, including me, have covered the benefits of collaboratively sketching new ideas and concepts with a cross-functional team. Recently though, I was tasked with bringing this exercise to a distributed … Continue reading →

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Using personas for executive alignment

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Jeff Gothelf

A few weeks ago my colleague Michelle Zassenhaus suggested we pitch the executive team on a persona research project. We discussed the need and merit of this project for a while without reaching a clear consensus. Where I was getting … Continue reading →

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Announcing: The Lean UX Book!

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Jeff Gothelf

I’m extremely proud (and partially terrified) to announce that I’m writing a book! The book’s topic is Lean User Experience and is tentatively titled, Lean UX: Getting Out of the Deliverables Business. It will be published by O’Reilly (creators of … Continue reading →

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Lean UX Let Me Down

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Jeff Gothelf

I talk a lot about the benefits of practicing a Lean UX approach todesign and software development. I also practice it daily. Through these daily trials and errors I’ve come to trust the process and, in many ways, rely on it. Today, … Continue reading →

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What The Karate Kid Can Teach Us About Agile and UX

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Jeff Gothelf

In the Karate Kid (the first one, aka the good one) the seemingly innocuous Mr. Miyagi takes on wayward Daniel-san and teaches him to totally kick-ass in karate. While the movie is a prized trinket of 80’s pop culture, heartwarming … Continue reading →

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Lean UX is not just for lean startups

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Jeff Gothelf

As the conversation around Lean UX heats up in the blogs, Twitters and conferences a lot of reference is made to the ideas of lean startup promoted by Eric Ries, Steve Blank and others. Many discussions focus on how user experience … Continue reading →

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