Leveraging Lean to Up the Odds

Building a product can be a gamble. Using Lean strategy and XP development together are vital aspects of how designers can de-risk products to ensure product and design success. This work-style encourages design to work closely with the product group and development to uncover unknowns early and work toward a united vision. Join us to learn about how Sarah Jerger and Riley Longo from the design group at Pivotal Labs uses lean methodologies, XP development process and UX strategy to drive mobility projects for a large enterprise client. Additionally, they will provide some insights on methods, ideas and share some lessons learned.

Special thanks to Pivotal Labs (https://pivotal.io/locations/chicago) for sponsoring the event and providing food and beers!

Riley is an associate director and product designer at Pivotal Labs. As a designer, she is driven by complex problems, collaboration and the satisfaction of simplicity for users. As an associate director, she helps to drive a strong project pipeline in the office, manages individuals, contributes to an awesome design team, helps to grow and evolve new design talent and works to make sure everyday at Pivotal Labs is better than the next.

Sarah is a Product Designer at Pivotal Labs. She began her design career in marketing and branding, but left that world behind to pursue her passion for learning about people, behaviors, and creating products people love to use around the globe. She shares her experience by working as a mentor for students looking to transition from various careers to the field of UX.