The fast, iterative, feedback-oriented nature of Agile development leads to a different environment than UX designers may be used to. Rather than undertaking an up-front user research phase, UX design is performed iteratively, alongside the iterative refinement of the software itself. Agile teams produce software every week or two, which gives designers the opportunity to take real software to users, observe their usage patterns, and use that feedback to guide the team’s plans.
