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A Maturity Model for Integrating Agile Processes and User Centred Design

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Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination (SPICE 2016)

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This paper presents a lightweight, descriptive maturity model for integrating Agile processes and User Centred Design. The maturity model addresses the specifics, activities, success factors and challenges identified within the Agile User Centred Design Integration domain. The model provides a set of dimensions, processes, and practices that act as a road map for successful AUCDI as well as a diagnostic tool to assess an organisation’s capability to integrate Agile processes and UCD. The paper provides details on the model’s evaluation and evolution as a result of expert reviewers feedback.

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Thanks to Professors Helen Sharp and Tim Kelly, Dr. Mona Singh, Dr. Jim Ungar and Dr. Jason Lee Chong for their feedback that led to the model’s improvement.

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  1. Sadat Academy for Management Science, Cairo, Egypt

    Dina Salah

  2. The University of York, York, UK

    Richard Paige & Paul Cairns

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Salah, D., Paige, R., Cairns, P. (2016). A Maturity Model for Integrating Agile Processes and User Centred Design. In: Clarke, P., O'Connor, R., Rout, T., Dorling, A. (eds) Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination. SPICE 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 609. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38980-6_9

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