User-Centered Design and Agile Methods: A Systematic Review

This paper presents the results of a systematic review of existing literature on the integration of agile software development with user-centered design approaches. It shows that a common process model underlies such approaches and discusses which artifacts are used to support the collaboration between designers and developers.

I. Introduction

Agile Methods have a distinct culture that at first glance seems to conflict with User-Centered Design (UCD) [1]. However, according to these same authors, the use of agile methods can result in improved usability. Moreover, the authors did not find any interaction designers who preferred traditional approaches than agile processes.