The current project I am working on, i did the visual design and then
volunteered to be a part of the QA team, I realized that there were so many
things which the QA guys were giving a miss and doing a QA from a designer's
perspective has really been beneficial for the project. Also I am not
In this thinking, turn things around: while you might have a QA
engineer or two who provide great input on design ideas, would you put
QA in charge of the design process? Probably not: their expertise may
sometimes approach or overlap those needed for design, but there will
be holes,
Hi Guys,
The company I work for is a very lean, fast moving company, and we're
constantly looking for ways to tighten our product life cycle timelines.
One thing we've noticed in the last few months is that IxDA (and general
design practitioners) have been extremely valuable not just during the
Bravo. Having an IxD/UX person as part of the QA process is fantastic - even
better is having the QA person involved upfront in the design spec/func spec
writing process b/c then they are intimately familiar with the design
trade-offs, compromises and root goals of any particular user scenario and
Hi Damon,
I've been involved in this type of work so much that sometimes it
makes my head spin. To echo Will's bravo and also his explanation of
the benefits which you are seeming to see yourself. I've also found
that being a part of the QA process has helped me to build closer
relationships with
Hi Damon,
During the design phase I conduct reviews regularly with the leads
from Development, QA and (System) Architecture and this has been very
successful so far. I'm also the reviewer for the QA test plans.
Before my arrival (the IxD position is brand new at this company) a
very large number
