Course: Agile Requirements

15/11/2011 - 09:30 - 17:00

Getting the requirements right can be the most important part of a project, but fitting traditional requirement methods into an Agile approach poses a number of challenges. Not least of which is how to ensure your solution provides a good user experience. This one-day course by William Hudson of Syntagm examines the leading role requirements have to play; how to adapt use cases to Agile working and how to keep user stories user-centered, through personas and scenarios. The course builds on our research into empathising skills and takes an 'emotionally intelligent' approach to selling UCD within technology-led teams. Benefits You will learn about the two most popular approaches for expressing requirements for interactive systems - use cases and user stories, and how to apply them effectively in an Agile environment. Benefits include...

  • Broad understanding of requirements
  • Benefits and drawbacks of use cases and user stories
  • Applying use cases and user stories in Agile projects
  • Userstanding the roles of personas and scenarios
  • Appreciation of the factors affecting user experience

Features

  • Where requirements come from
  • Business versus user requirements
  • Use cases and user stories
  • Personas in interactive system development
  • The role of conceptual models
  • Elaborating user stories through scenarios
  • The journey from requirements to design

Audience Usability, UX and UCD practitioners trying to integrate UCD activities within Agile teams. (Managers and others are welcome to attend, but some familiarity with UCD techniques is required.) Duration Full day (9:30 pm to 5:00 pm), including breakfast and lunch (breakfast from 8:45). Registration The participation fee is 500 euro (excluding VAT) ; book now at an early bird fee of 450 euro (excluding VAT). There is a three-for-two package across all of the Syntagm courses (this can be three participants on one course, one participant on three courses or any other permutation). Each additional participant from the same company qualifies for a 10% rebate on the fee. You can register for this event using the Syntagm registration page or by filling out this form. We allow a total of 20 participants. Please note that registration is only finalised after receipt of invoicing data and payment. KMO-portefeuille Flanders-based SMEs may be entitled to a 50% refund for this workshop. Namahn carries the Qfor quality label, allowing us to participate in KMO-portefeuille (site in Dutch). Find out more about the registration procedure. KMO-portefeuille aims to provide Flanders-based SMEs affordable access to high-quality consultancy and training in innovation and international business.

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