Early in the life of any UX project, planning is extremely important. It continues to be important throughout the development phase, particularly if working in an Agile manner.
For a UX team, a solid plan helps the team allocate resources and focus on the most important features or deliverables for a given project.
During the planning phase, it’s valuable to have a firm grasp on the relative prioritisation of the features to be specified and developed.
Prioritisation can take many forms, but often workshops involving sizing activities, story point allocation and Kano modelling exercises.
EXAMPLE:
The example provided on this page was undertaken during my time with Deutsche Bank. It shows the outputs, in the form of an “initial” sprint planning board, from a collaborative planning session for a Trade Finance application.
As UX Lead on the project, I was responsible ensuring the design was feasible for development whilst meeting business and user expectations.