Designing in Agile: Lessons from the field
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Join us as Graham MacDougall shares what it’s really like to practice UX and Service Design within Agile teams. Drawing from real-world projects, he’ll show how methods like research, journey mapping, and blueprinting can be woven into fast-paced work without losing sight of what matters to users.
We’ll look at practical ways to integrate discovery into delivery, collaborate across disciplines, and keep a user-centred focus even when timelines are tight. It will be an interactive session with time to ask questions, exchange ideas, and reflect on how to make design more effective and influential in Agile environments.
> Agenda
7:00 PM Doors open, networking time
7:15 PM Introductions from the event hosts, Nata and Ruby
7:20 PM Designing in Agile: Lessons from the field with Graham MacDougall
7:50 PM Q&A
8:15 PM Networking and wrap-up
8:45 PM Doors close
> Speaker Bio
Graham MacDougall is a digital strategist and UX practitioner with over 25 years of experience helping teams design and deliver exceptional digital products. He’s worked across broadcasting, advertising, education, and tech — from national media brands to startups — leading projects that blend business goals with user needs. Drawing on his background in Service Design, content strategy and analytics, Graham focuses on connecting insights to results. He’s passionate about practical, human-centered design that helps teams build products people love to use.
> How to find us at Volta (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Enter at 1800 Argyle St. Proceed up the stairs or use the accessible ramp to the left of the stairs. Take elevators to the 8th floor. Go through the doors ahead. Volta is on your right. Proceed across the space. Take a left down the hallway after the projection wall. The room is ahead, to the right.
> Acknowledgements
Thank you enormously to Volta for sharing their space with us. With this venue, we can continue to grow and scale our meetups for larger audiences.
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