While the house on the sand analogy is appropriate, I think it's also good to remember that if you're in the business of selling houses, even the best lot will be difficult to sell if the house built on it is generally considered to be ugly.
I know that the Fusebox Lifecycle Process (FLiP), which I've not used to date, insists on all of the UI being well established as part of the wireframe before any code is written. I'm neither married to nor entirely opposed to this idea. I know others like it a lot because theoretically it means never having to completely recode a redesigned UI or being stuck with a poor UI because the client doesn't want to pay to rewrite the code. When I do my own work I tend to do them both simultaneously, but I also take a long time to formulate my thoughts about both the logic and the interface. Once I've envisioned an interface that seems reasonably intuitive and works well with good solid logic on the back end, then I start writing actual code. I also don't perceive large amounts of time lost in redesigning interfaces, although this may have a lot to do with my coding habbits (in particular lots of reuseable code in the form of includes, functions and tags, and a general attempt to separate logic from display as much as possible). hth Isaac Original Message ----------------------- Hi, The subject matter is new to me and I'll make it short and "sweet?". So, I'll just throw out something raw, and pls help me to chew it. Major premise: I think it's more about Interface Usability Assessment, rather than functionality assessment. The way to tackle it is first to decompose all the components of the Interface, then each screen under each component. Question, would compoment A weigh more than component B? Would screen A weigh more than screen B? Yes? depending on each's contribution to system/application functionality? Consult with the client as well? What's the usual practice here? Secondly, what's the value of Interface Assessment if it is done without correlation to Functionality Assessment? A nice-looking house built on sand won't stand. Thanks. Li, Chunshen (Don) http://68.32.61.40/datadata/DataMan.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
