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Agile development and Lean UX are both collaborative design approaches that can produce similar results, but they differ in their focus, process, and team composition: Focus Agile development focuses on collaboration and producing a polished product. Lean UX focuses on user value and producing multiple polished variants to test and choose from. Process Agile development has a structured framework with four main stages: discovery, design, testing, launch, and iteration. Lean UX has three main stages: outcomes, assumptions, and the hypothesis statement; product design and building an MVP; and research and learning. Team composition Agile development uses cross-functional teams that include designers, developers, and stakeholders. Lean UX may have a more varied team composition, but it typically integrates design, development, and product management functions. Lean UX is based on the principles of Lean software development, which originated in Japan in the 1980s. Lean software development focuses on optimizing efficiency and minimizing waste. read less