{"id":19925,"date":"2022-11-09T09:50:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T08:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/?p=19925"},"modified":"2023-04-17T12:52:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T10:52:46","slug":"what-is-agile-ux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/ux-design\/what-is-agile-ux\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Agile UX? The Complete 2025 Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re looking to break into UX or just starting your career in the field, &#8216;Agile UX&#8217; is a term you&#8217;ve likely heard a lot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it gets used a fair amount, you can be forgiven for not being quite sure what Agile UX is: The information out there is complex and often conflicting. If you&#8217;re feeling a bit confused, you\u2019ve come to the right place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this article, we\u2019ll demystify Agile UX for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, we\u2019ll walk through exactly what Agile UX is, with a quick look at both the historical context in which it developed and its core principles.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, we\u2019ll explore what an Agile UX team might look like <a href=\"#agile-ux-teams\">in practice<\/a> before seeing how it compares to <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/ux-design\/lean-ux-for-beginners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lean UX<\/a>\u2014another UX working method worth familiarizing yourself with. Finally, we\u2019ll wrap up with some key takeaways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To skip ahead to any section, you can use this clickable menu:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"#what-is-agile-ux\">What is Agile UX?<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><strong><a href=\"#what-is-agile-software\">What is Agile software development?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"#core-principles\">The core principles of Agile UX<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"#agile-ux-teams\">What do Agile UX teams look like?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"#agile-vs-lean\">Agile UX vs Lean UX<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><strong><a href=\"#similarities\">How are Agile UX and Lean UX similar?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><strong><a href=\"#differences\">How are Agile UX and Lean UX different?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"#takeaways\">Takeaways<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-agile-ux\">What is Agile UX?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Agile UX is a working method that brings together Agile software development and UX practice.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In practical terms, this means placing at least one UX specialist in Agile software teams and creating a culture that recognizes and understands the value of the UX process. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also means allocating resources\u2014both budgetary and hourly\u2014to make sure that the UX process is fully integrated into the development cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But before we dive deeper into the core principles of Agile UX, it\u2019s necessary to briefly touch on what Agile software development itself is.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"what-is-agile-software\">What is Agile software development?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/ux-design\/ux-design-glossary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UX Design Glossary<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we use this definition:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAgile is an incremental approach to software development. Instead of building the entire product at once, Agile breaks it down into smaller bits of user functionality and assigns them to two-week cycles we call iterations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These iterations are generally called Sprints and they run continuously. Often, Sprints follow a Design-Build-Test-Review process:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19937 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/agile-sprint-process-1024x369.png\" alt=\"graphic illustration of the agile UX sprint process\" width=\"1024\" height=\"369\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/agile-sprint-process-1024x369.png 1024w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/agile-sprint-process-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/agile-sprint-process-768x277.png 768w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/agile-sprint-process-1536x554.png 1536w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/agile-sprint-process.png 1624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@thandi.guilherme\/i-bet-your-agile-process-is-broken-32985716233f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thandi Guilherme<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Agile originated in engineering (surprisingly, not software engineering), it has now all but taken over the software development space. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/agilemanifesto.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manifesto for Agile Software Development<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2001) laid out the core principles of Agile\u2014it&#8217;s well worth a read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Fast-forward 21 years and the vast majority of software development teams globally use Agile. <\/strong>However, their differing interpretations of Agile\u2019s theoretical side mean extremely diverse outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, because Agile\u2019s origins are in engineering, UX was not considered when it was created. But after Agile was adopted by the software industry, industry leaders gradually began to see the necessity of integrating UX into their Agile software development.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok, so now let\u2019s take a look at the principles that this marriage of UX and Agile software development is built on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"core-principles\">The core principles of Agile UX<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going back to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, four value principles of Agile were laid out. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>These value principles are:<\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile emphasizes the importance of individuals and interactions over processes and tools as only the former can respond to business needs to drive the development process in the flexible way Agile demands.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Working software over comprehensive documentation. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comprehensive documentation\u2014although it can be both necessary and a huge value add\u2014is time-consuming and costly to create and maintain, and it can often become a bottleneck to working software in rapid cycles.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This principle was included to make sure that the voice of the customer is present throughout a dynamic development cycle. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile favors this approach over the more traditional model of a PM (product\/project manager) and customer negotiating hard and fast product requirements at the start of the contract, which can lead to tunnel vision in the development cycle.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Responding to change over following a plan. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile means working in sprints, and this is largely because their short cycles allow flexibility and openness to change. Not only this\u2014depending on the team and company culture\u2014they often actively embrace change as a way of adding value to a project.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of these, <strong>the original authors also created 12 principles of Agile<\/strong>. For the sake of space, we won\u2019t include them verbatim here (to read them in full, head to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/agilemanifesto.org\/principles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Principles behind the Agile Manifesto<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). However, the 12 themes on which they were based were:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer satisfaction<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harnessing change<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faster development timelines<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaboration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building projects around motivated individuals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Face-to-face communication<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working software as the key benchmark for success<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainable development<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical excellence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simplicity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-organizing teams<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-reflecting teams<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Needless to say, as well as Agile, these values and principles all apply to Agile UX too.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"agile-ux-teams\">What do Agile UX teams look like?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this stage, you might be wondering what UX brings to Agile and vice versa. If all the Agile principles can be applied to Agile UX, what is the difference between the two? And what do Agile UX teams actually look like in comparison to standard agile teams?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, having UX specialists on the team who both represent and advocate for UX principles can lead to very different practices and outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s have a quick look at five ways in which an Agile UX team could differ from a standard Agile team:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>UX work is carried out ahead of development sprints: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In NN\/g\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nngroup.com\/articles\/state-ux-agile-development\/%20Agile%20UX%20teams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The State of UX Agile Development<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Agile UX teams reported carrying out UX work before development sprints. Doing this allows research and design work to be completed at least one sprint ahead of implementation work, giving UX designers crucial time to think through, challenge, test, and validate their assumptions.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Research and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/ux-design\/what-is-design-thinking-everything-you-need-to-know-to-get-started\/#design-thinking-in-the-workplace-how-do-design-thinking-lean-and-agile-work-together\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>design-thinking techniques<\/b><\/a><b> are applied to inform and guide product design: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means Agile UX teams will harness both generative and evaluative UX research and the five phases of the <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/ux-design\/design-thinking-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">design thinking process<\/a> (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test) to make sure that the team builds software that solves a tangible customer problem.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>UX specialists analyze both short and long-term solutions, proactively reaching out to end users: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Related to number 2, the UX presence on a team can lead to a shift from being reactive\u2014to the product manager and stakeholder feature requests, etc\u2014to instead proactively discovering opportunities for products to meet unsatisfied user needs and stand out in the market.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>UX specialists often lead activities to foster collaboration and team spirit: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile teams are highly focused on process and team rituals and this requires strong team cohesion and smooth collaboration. UX specialists are often known for leading release planning, stand-ups, retros, and other events and rituals that fuel collaboration.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Established processes exist to keep the focus on user-centered design: <\/b>Many Agile UX teams have formalized processes for approving <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/ux-design\/ultimate-guide-ux-user-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">user stories<\/a>\u2014this structure is useful to keep disruptive requests from outsiders to a minimum. It ensures the team stays on track and the focus stays on user-centered design.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that we\u2019ve run through the core principles of Agile and Agile UX, and looked at how an Agile UX team may differ from an Agile team, let\u2019s look at the common ground and differences between Agile UX and Lean UX.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"agile-vs-lean\">Agile UX vs Lean UX<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we compare Agile UX and Lean UX, let\u2019s quickly talk about what Lean UX is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lean UX as a term was coined by Janice Fraser, a UX industry pioneer and founding partner of the acclaimed design firm, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/adaptive-path\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adaptive Path<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>As a Lean startup coach, her definition of Lean is simple and clear:<\/strong> \u201cLean UX is UX practice adapted for Lean Startups, and Agile UX is UX practice adapted for teams working with Agile.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To go into a little more detail, it\u2019s worth revisiting our definition in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/ux-design\/lean-ux-for-beginners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Is Lean UX? A Complete Beginner\u2019s Guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Lean UX is a collaborative, user-centric approach to design that focuses on minimizing wasted time, money, and resources during the design cycle. The Lean UX approach asserts that a product\u2019s initial prototype will always be wrong and need improvement, so it encourages the creation of a minimal viable product \u2014 a product with the bare essentials needed to conduct user testing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;This approach is all about finding solutions to the problems and then improving those solutions based on user feedback.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve noticed some similarities to the principles of Agile UX covered earlier in the article, you\u2019re not wrong\u2014Agile UX and Lean UX overlap in a number of ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s take a minute to look at where they have common ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"similarities\">How are Agile UX and Lean UX similar?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile UX and Lean UX operate based on a number of the same principles. Both approaches are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>User-centric:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As you would expect with the UX focus, both Agile UX and Lean UX look to include the voice of the customer in harnessing rapid development cycles to create a product that meets customers\u2019 needs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Collaborative:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> With a focus on highly collaborative teams that aim to build quality products, both encourage early sharing of insights and lessons through a series of regular meetings and team rituals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Evidence-based:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The shared emphasis on research, testing, and challenging\/validating assumptions is where UXR and fast feedback feature in both approaches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Iterative:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Both Agile UX and Lean UX focus on breaking projects into very small chunks to allow iterative working, flexibility, and rapid response to feedback and\/or changing requirements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Designer\u2019s toolkit:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> All of the above could be summed up as bringing the designer\u2019s toolkit\u2014including a user-centric focus, collaboration, research, testing, validation, and iteration\u2014to software development and arming the rest of your team with those same skills.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can see, Agile UX and Lean UX are driven by some of the same overarching principles. But, while there is plenty of overlap between the approaches, they are also distinct in many ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s take a look at the key differences between them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"differences\">How are Agile UX and Lean UX different?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As touched on in the definition we looked at earlier, Lean UX works on a core assumption that the initial prototype\u2014the first thing the team designs\u2014will be wrong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on this assumption, it doesn&#8217;t make sense to invest a lot of money, planning, and design and development hours into the initial prototype.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, as its name suggests, a lot of the Lean UX approach is about eliminating or at least reducing, waste.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This core assumption leads to several differences between Lean UX and Agile UX. But it\u2019s fair to say most of these are differences in emphasis, rather than fundamental contradictions or disagreements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s have a closer look at three aspects of Lean UX that differ from Agile UX:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/product-management\/minimum-viable-product\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Minimum Valuable Products (MVPs)<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Creating MVPs so you can determine which ideas are valid as quickly as possible is a key part of Lean UX. MVPs are all about reducing waste: A product with fewer features can be deployed faster and at a lower cost. The idea is that the MVP can then be tested and the results will validate or invalidate the hypothesis and assumptions behind it. (It\u2019s worth noting here that MVPs still can and should deliver customer value, but validated learnings are often their biggest pay-off.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Learning loops:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The idea behind MVPs\u2014build (MVPs), measure (test), learn (validate\/invalidate hypotheses)\u2014is a learning loop in a nutshell. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning does feature in Agile UX of course, and it is also based on\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">research and testing, but Lean UX is driven, shaped, and guided by learning loops in a way that Agile UX often isn\u2019t. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lean UX learning loops normally feature three main stages, and run in continuous development cycles (often two-week sprints):<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19939 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BML-loop-1024x549.jpg\" alt=\"The build-measure-learn learning loop often used in Agile UX\" width=\"1024\" height=\"549\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BML-loop-1024x549.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BML-loop-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BML-loop-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BML-loop-1536x824.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BML-loop.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kromatic.com\/blog\/build-measure-learn-vs-learn-measure-build\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kromatic.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Exploration, ideation, and rapid hypothesis validation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At its core, Lean UX is about exploring different design directions before arriving at the optimal solution. It\u2019s about validating a hypothesis before committing significant resources to build.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To do this, it creates a space where rapid exploration and ideation leads to multiple hypotheses, which in turn lead to MVPs. There is a major emphasis on these values in Lean UX, and MVPs and learning loops are two mechanisms for ensuring their prominence.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>All in all, that was a lot of info in a short space! So far, we\u2019ve:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defined what Agile UX is<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understood its origins in Agile software development<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looked at its core principles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looked at what an Agile UX team might look like<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defined what Lean UX is<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ran through the similarities and differences between Agile UX and Lean UX\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now it\u2019s time to wrap things up with some key takeaways.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"takeaways\">Takeaways<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are four takeaways on the principles of Agile UX, what UX brings to Agile, and its similarities and differences with Lean UX:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Agile UX is based on four values:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Prioritizing individuals and interactions over processes and tools, prioritizing working software over comprehensive documentation, prioritizing customer collaboration over contract negotiation, and responding to change over following a plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bringing UX into the Agile approach leads to: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UX work being carried out ahead of sprints, research and design-thinking techniques informing and guiding product design, proactive outreach to end users, collaboration, and the creation of processes to keep the focus on user-centered design.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Agile UX and Lean UX share a lot of characteristics:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Both are user-centric, collaborative, evidence-based, and iterative, and bring a designer\u2019s toolkit to the software development process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lean UX places a higher emphasis on MVPs and learning loops: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This supports the rapid exploration, iteration, and hypothesis development and validation that drives Lean UX.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about a possible career as a UX designer, check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/short-courses\/become-a-ux-designer\/?utm_term=online%20ux%20design%20courses&amp;utm_campaign=1599915102&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_content=631469393729&amp;hsa_mt=p&amp;hsa_ad=631469393729&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;hsa_tgt=kwd-322776048123&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;hsa_grp=60808601976&amp;hsa_src=g&amp;hsa_cam=1599915102&amp;hsa_acc=8658759102&amp;hsa_kw=online%20ux%20design%20courses&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAvK2bBhB8EiwAZUbP1OlQNNz3vDbQ2KyasieKebOkCGSqhUAqH6F417Kk3KiYHiNP3LEQBhoCuRwQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free 6-day short course<\/a>. 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