Description:

Is your team made up of some of the best talents in the company and consists of a Project Manager, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Solution Architect, Data Architect, Developers, a Senior Performance Test Engineer, and an Automated Functional Tester. Your customer is open to HCD but has no idea what that entails. As a professional skilled and experienced in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), the Agile Scrum methodology and with some knowledge of Human-Centered Design (HCD), as you start a project, this two-part session will take you on a journey on how to incorporate HCD when delivering using a DevOps workstream.

• What are some of the benefits of using HCD for a software or systems integration project?

• Does your team anticipate challenges using HCD now?

• What risks exist if you do NOT use HCD?

• If you are already sold on HCD, how do you incorporate it into Agile Scrum and/or DevOps environments?

• If you need to start using HCD, how will you reorganize your work to continue to deliver?

Well, this two-part session is for you and your team. You will experience how HCD methods can be incorporated into both Agile Transformation and DevOps Planning. Bring your thinking caps and be ready to work collaboratively during this interactive event as you take a DevOps problem and take it from Epic to Feature Test employing HCD methods.

Part 1: Using Empathize and Define to plan Epics and Features

During Part I, we will apply HCD methods and frameworks for user research and problem definition to develop Epics and Features for a DevOps case study.  

Part 2: Using Ideate, Prototype, and Test to detail Features and Work Items

During Part II, we will apply HCD methods and frameworks related to brainstorming, prototyping, and testing at the Feature- and Work Item-levels such as user stories, associated wireframes, and additional Work Items based on test results.