Agile, Tech, & UX Resources

I’ve collected a mix of books, videos and websites. I hope you find them useful!

Getting Started

http://jessicaivins.net/ux-resources-for-beginners/

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

Vignelli – An amazing designer

http://boxesandarrows.com/category/design-principles/

Why typography matters. A must read.

Make Sense. Information Architecture made simple.

https://www.mockplus.com/blog/post/ux-vs-ui-vs-ia-vs-ixd-4-confusing-digital-design-terms-defined/

Blogs & Sites & Freebies

Agile Octane – great insights for agile coaches, scrum masters and leaders: http://agileoctane.com

JustInMind Blog – a lot of great resources for designers and product owners: https://www.justinmind.com/blog/

Archive.org – you want historical photos and info? Open source books? Research how the web was in the 90’s (shiver): https://archive.org

UX Collective – So many great UX topics. https://uxdesign.cc

Freebies

Check out the UX category on this site

Download Agile UX Principles for Working with Design Teams (pdf)

Books

How to Make Sense of Any Mess – A great book for engineers and anyone else trying to untangle anything. http://www.howtomakesenseofanymess.com

Articulating Design Decisions by Tom Greever – a great book for designers, ux researchers, consultants and coaches. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/articulating-design-decisions/9781491921555/

Scrum Mastery by Geoff Watts. An amazing book and a great audiobook. He also has videos and other nifty stuff on his site. https://inspectandadapt.com/book/scrum-mastery/

Don’t Make Me Think – This book has been the gold standard for years and years on user research and user testing at any level. No nonsense, lots of photos. Don’t take my word for it: https://medium.com/@bonny.bakshi/dont-make-me-think-revisited-by-steve-krug-book-review-53dee1ee6d7f

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition – You have to write stuff people read sometimes. This helps.

Agile Retrospectives, Making Good Teams Great – want to know how to lead them or get started? https://www.agilealliance.org/resources/books/agile-retrospectives-making-good-teams-great/

Color Decrypted: Tips and hacks for a better user experience by Lee Jordan (That’s me!)

HTML5 Multimedia Development Cookbook by Lee Jordan and Dale Cruise

Careers

http://uxpod.com/ux-careers-an-interview-with-cory-lebson/

https://articles.uie.com/assessing_ux_teams/

How to build a UX portfolio when you have no experience

Design culture – what is it and how to build it

Research

https://hbr.org/2016/09/know-your-customers-jobs-to-be-done

UX Collective – I can’t say enough about these people. They are a must read for anyone who designs things and works with designers. So everyone. https://uxdesign.cc