Today’s User Experience groups face many challenges. First, there aren’t enough experienced practitioners to go around. We are competing for the same people. Second, systems development methodologies are speeding up. Often it seems impossible to continue to complete adequate research and evaluation. Third, technology is constantly changing, and it’s difficult to keep up. How can you turn your group into a top performing team and with skills and knowledge they need to do at top job?

Format:Roundtable

Benefits:
 •  Share experiences with each other and brainstorm solutions
 •  Learn how successful teams solve similar issues
 •  Explore resources available to you to help run your team

Audience:
For managers of UX teams, both internal and consulting groups.

Questions:
 •  What are the challenges to managing a user experience (UC) team?
 •  How do you recruit? Can you recruit from adjacent fields such as technical writers?
 •  You can only find novice practitioners. How can you quickly turn them into experts producing quality work? Which skills are hard to find and how are you plugging the gap?
 •  How can you train your team when the work load doesn’t allow enough time?
 •  Are you transferring to an Agile development methodology, and you’re not sure how to change the way you currently work?
 •  Are designers managed differently from other skilled practitioners?