Wandering through Projects

Why Invest on a UX Designer for Your Project Team for Long Term Success

Research and studies on IT projects indicate that failures on IT projects are very high. But we are using variety of technologies, methodologies and best practices to deliver a project successfully without failures. Yet, this high rate of project failure is hard to reduce since the main reason behind these failures is primarily people-based.

All projects involve many people; especially large projects involve different levels of skilled people. Their effectiveness, abilities, team playing skills, all these are playing a major part in the success of a project. Also, poor stakeholder management is another major contribution to increase these project failures.

How Can We Use User Experience to Deliver a Project Successfully?

Nowadays UX sounds like a buzzword, and many people misunderstand this concept. Not everyone sees the value of having a UX designer on board. There are a handful of people in companies that have User Experience as part of their job description. Hiring a UX designer is costly and the benefits of UX might not be readily visible as other parts and roles of the project. However, it can benefit a higher return on the project.
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PM’s Dilemma in the Agile Culture

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Agile is one of the fastest growing software development methodologies in modern day. Most of the traditional software development companies moving to Agile because of its promising benefits that given to the business. When this changeover takes place most of the companies struggle with cultural and other issues to successfully adapt to the new environment.

One of the problems arising due to this changeover is the ambiguity among roles and responsibilities. Traditional software development companies heavily rely on their Project Managers and Business Analysts. Companies invest highly on these two roles to get maximum benefits. When moving to Agile, project managers are curious about what’s going to happen to their role and how they can fit into this new environment.
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