A history of Balanced Team presented at the Balanced Team LA Salon February 12, 2013 @ Kluge

1. 1
LosAngelesSalon
flickr:
markusnl/5558708984

2. 2
Balanced
Team
is
a
global
movement
made
up
of
people
who
value
mul--­‐disciplinary
collabora-on
and
itera-ve
delivery
focused
on
customer
value
as
a
source
for
innova-on.
We're
a
self-­‐organizing
group
that
learns
from
each
other
as
we
explore
processes
and
methodologies
to
create
great
things.
We
welcome
people
who
wear
many
hats
(design,
development,
tes?ng,
product
management,
marke?ng
and
sales,
to
name
a
few).

3. 3
Where
did
Balanced
Team
come
from?

4. 4
Aug
2009,
Chicago
Agile
Evolu+on
at
@
Agile
2009

5. 5
2008

6. 6

7. 7
Let’s
have
a
summit!

8. 8
Jan
2010,
San
Francisco
Agile
/
UX
Retreat
@
Cooper

9. 9

10. 10
Visual
thinking

11. 11
Fishbowls

12. 12

13. 13
“...there
was
a
strong
feeling
among
us
that
we
are
moving
toward
(or
have
already
entered)
a
Post-­‐Agile
Paradigm,
meaning
that
what
we
really
are
talking
about
here
is
not
the
Agile
your
grandparents
knew
and
loved,
er,
I
mean
the
Agile
which
the
original
signatories
(of
which
one
of
them,
Ward,
was
aVending)
arWculated
in
2001.
Remember,
Agile
in
its
original
form
is
largely
silent
about
UX.
Our
conversaWon
was
about
a
paradigm
in
which
the
voice
of
UX
plays
an
equal
role
in
the
project
chorus.”
Anders
Ramsay
h-p://www.andersramsay.com/2010/02/04/notes-­‐from-­‐the-­‐agile-­‐ux-­‐retreat-­‐at-­‐cooper/

14. 14
No
more
“US
and
THEM”
thinking

15. 15
Agile
UX
Retreat
in
London
•Two
day
workshop...
•Anders
and
Johanna
hosted
Agile
UX
event
in
Boca
Raton
•Evening
event
at
Agile
’10...
•Desiree
hosted

16. 16
Jul
2010,
Grand
Rapids
Agile
/
UX
Retreat
@
Atomic
Object

17. 17
Community

18. 18
Visual
thinking

19. 19
Break-­‐outs

20. 20

21. 21
“...the
idea
that
what
we
were
really
discussing
was
a
post-­‐industrial
approach
to
collabora+ve,
interdisciplinary,
crea+ve
team
work
was
given
serious
debate.”
Carl
Erickson
h-p://spin.atomicobject.com/2010/07/16/grand-­‐rapids-­‐agile-­‐ux-­‐retreat/

22. 22
We
need
a
name!

23. 23
We
need
a
blog!

24. 24
Dec
2010,
New
York
Agile
/UX
Retreat
@
Pivotal
Labs

25. 25
Community

26. 26
Lightning
talks

27. 27

28. 28
We
need
a
conference!

29. 29
Feb
2011,
during
IxDA
DeLUX
Boulder

30. 30

31. 31
Community

32. 32
Lightning
talks

33. 33
Sep
2011,
San
Francisco
Balanced
Team
@
Hot
Theme:
Geing
PracWcal

34. 34
Community

35. 35
Lightning
talks

36. 36
Fishbowls

37. 37
Hands-­‐on
acWviWes

38. 38
“The
highlight
for
me
this
year
was
to
hear
reports
from
such
a
wide
breadth
of
contexts.
This
style
of
work
is
spreading,
in
fact,
it’s
on
it’s
way
to
becoming
the
new
normal.
In
our
closing
reflec+ons,
one
young
designer
said,
I’m
afraid
I’ll
never
be
able
to
go
back
to
working
any
other
way.”
Josh
Seiden
h-p://joshuaseiden.com/blog/2011/09/balanced-­‐team-­‐september-­‐2011/

39. 39
Mar
2012,
during
SxSW
DeLUX
Aus+n

40. 40
Lightning
talks

41. 41
Jun
2012,
Chicago
Balanced
Team
@
IDEO
Theme:
Welcoming
the
Business
Perspec+ve

42. 42
Community

43. 43
Invited
speakers

44. 44
Fishbowls

45. 45
Open
Spaces

46. 46
Apr
2013,
New
York
Balanced
Team
Brunch
@
Neo

47. 47
Open
Space

48. 48
Fishbowls

49. 49
Jun
2013,
London

50. 50
November
2013,
SF
Balanced
Team
@
Carbon
Five

51. 51
Balanced
Team
SF
2013
• Invited
Speakers
• Fishbowls
• Lightning
talks
• Open
Space
• Community

52. 52

53. 53
LosAngelesSalon
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markusnl/5558708984