How to integrate UX design into your (agile) project
Do you develop software, apps, websites or implement other digital products? In the best case scenario, UX design is already part of your (agile) project. Not yet for you? We’ll explain how you can easily change that.
Why is UX design important?
UX design (user experience design) plays a crucial role (in agile processes) for several reasons:
- UX design ensures that usability and satisfaction are the focus
- UX design helps to implement these customizations in an efficient and user-friendly way by enabling prototyping and iterative design processes
- Avoidance of errors: By integrating UX design at an early stage, potential user problems or design errors can be identified and rectified at an early stage, which prevents costly corrections in later project phases.
- Customer loyalty and acceptance: A good UX design contributes to a positive user experience, which in turn promotes customer loyalty and increases the acceptance of the product on the market.
- Communication and collaboration: UX designers work closely with developers, product owners and other team members to ensure that the design meets technical requirements and achieves user goals.
Overall, UX design helps agile projects to be more successful by ensuring that the products or solutions developed not only work, but also meet the needs and expectations of users.
If UX design is not yet an integral part of your project, we would recommend that you change this. A good UX designer will help you create better, more user-friendly and more successful products. But that’s not all: a good UX designer will also look at your company’s business goals and take them into account accordingly. You can find out more about this in our article 10 reasons for UX design: What it really brings.
How to integrate UX design into your team
Bring an external UX designer into the team
Bringing an external UX designer into the team has many advantages. You can bring this valuable expertise into your team in a financially predictable way. You bring a breath of fresh air into your company. An external UX designer will endeavor to bring new perspectives and possibilities to the table that you or your team may not have considered before. External UX designers have a lot of experience in different industries and sectors that can be useful for your company.
You can purchase flexible pools of UX design hours from Startup Force. An experienced UX designer is available for a free information and introductory meeting.
Hire a UX designer
If your budget allows, it is best to hire a UX designer on a permanent basis in your company. This way, you have this important resource permanently integrated into your company and always available. Good UX designers are in high demand because they are indispensable in modern development processes and make an enormously important contribution to the success of products. Accordingly, UX designers are paid good salaries today.
Perhaps a UX designer is not (yet) needed full-time in your company or you do not (yet) have the necessary financial resources to finance such a position. In such cases, the flexible and cost-effective offers of UX Check Guru could be of interest to you.
Take advantage of the possibilities offered by UX Check Guru
Have you given your website a new design? Your developers have implemented a new feature in a larger web application? But you’re not sure whether the user experience is optimal? Do you have doubts as to whether potential customers will reach their destination (ideally a conversion) without bouncing?
Don’t take the risk of a hasty implementation without subjecting your project to a UX design check. This could be more expensive than you would like if, for example, you have to make costly adjustments after implementation.
The same applies if you have already implemented your website or features but are not satisfied with the user-friendliness or conversions.
In a quick UX design check, an experienced UX designer will review your designs or implementations and give you specific recommendations for optimization. You can take these into account in ongoing sprints and raise the user experience of your product to a whole new level.
Choose the right UX Design Check package
UX Check Guru currently offers three packages. Choose the right package for your next sprint or project. The UX Design Check is carried out 100% digitally. An experienced UX designer will carry out the check for you. You will receive the feedback and specific optimization suggestions well documented in our web app and as a compact summary in a PDF. You can find out more about the services and functions on our website.
- Top 5: Identification and prioritization of the top 5 UX problems
- Top 10: Identification and prioritization of the top 10 UX problems
- Top 15: Identification and prioritization of the top 15 UX problems
What is agile project management?
Agile project management is an iterative and flexible approach to planning and implementing projects. In contrast to traditional, rigid methods, agile emphasizes collaboration in self-organized teams, regular adjustments to changing requirements and the continuous delivery of functional software or products in short intervals, so-called sprints. Agile methods such as Scrum or Kanban promote transparency, customer benefit and continuous improvement of the project through rapid feedback. This makes it possible to react agilely to changing requirements and priorities and increase the success of the project.
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