{"id":1375,"date":"2013-01-14T13:09:49","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T13:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proxystudio.uxpin.com\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2020-04-22T06:39:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T13:39:38","slug":"lean-ux-vs-agile-ux-is-there-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/lean-ux-vs-agile-ux-is-there-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Lean UX vs. Agile UX &#8211; is there a difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-14-at-2.03.10-PM.png\" alt=\"Fighting Kids\" width=\"483\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Lean UX vs. Agile UX &#8211; in the kingdom of buzz words and acronyms<\/h2>\n<p>User Experience Design world is a well established <strong>kingdom of acronyms<\/strong> and buzz words. UX, IxD, IA, UCD, CX, agile UX, lean UX, guerrilla research, strategic UX, Emotional design&#8230; we\u2019re swimming in the sea of strange words risking catastrophe of miscommunication of our own field.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes these words and acronyms differentiate important phenomenons and sometimes they\u2019re&#8230; well just buzzwords trying to promote people who coined them.<\/p>\n<p>Many argue that Lean UX is a meaningless term, that doesn\u2019t differ from much older Agile UX. <strong>I couldn\u2019t agree less<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Lean UX expresses important thoughts about processes, that weren&#8217;t clearly defined and named before.<\/li>\n<li>Lean UX is a totally different term than Agile UX.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Lean UX describes methods and their practical application in dynamic environment of a Lean Startup.<\/strong> Lean UX unites product development and business, through constant measurement and so called \u201clearning loops\u201d (build &#8211; measure &#8211; learn).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agile UX describes update of Agile Software Methodology with UX Design methods. <\/strong>The ultimate goal of Agile UX is to unify developers and designers in the Agile process of product development.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough most of the Lean UX teams will actually use Agile UX to coordinate their software development. For a startup, Agile is a pretty obvious choice of software development methodology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Lean-UX-Agile-UX.003.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Lean-UX-Agile-UX-SMALL.png\" alt=\"Lean UX Agile UX\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more advice from experts, download the free 99-page Definitive Guide to Integrating UX and Agile.<\/p>\n<section class=\"uxpin-trial-widget\"><h2>Join the world's best designers who&nbsp;use UXPin.<\/h2><span class=\"white-info\">Sign up for a free trial.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/sign-up\" class=\"btn btn-flat sign-up-btn white\">Try it for free!<\/a><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lean UX vs. Agile UX &#8211; in the kingdom of buzz words and acronyms User Experience Design world is a well established kingdom of acronyms and buzz words. 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