by Julia Salem

<re-posted from Oxford Technology Ventures blog with due permission>

Agile works well for products that need continuous improvement, but it could be hard to adapt to a new development process without taking time to adjust the process while people are learning. Here are a several reasons why Agile can work for your UX team.

Direct Access to Developers—More opportunities to meet with the developer because Agile encourages more communication.

See Your Work in Action Sooner—See the project come together as it’s being built and catch any issues within days rather than weeks.

Agile Requirements Work for the Team—As a group, the team agrees on how aspects of  the project will come together.

If the First Pass Doesn’t Work, You Won’t Be Stuck—Agile allows you to catch mistakes and failures quicker and propose a fix in the next iteration.

Progress Can Be Seen Almost Immediately—No longer do you have to wait for the whole product to be built before you can test it out.

80-hour Workweeks Are Gone—By wasting less time by only doing what is important in the project, you and your employees can almost cut your workweek in half.

Your Voice Is Heard—You get to talk directly with the developers to advocate in the process of building the product.

Source: usabilitycounts