Hello Bruno, The UPA has considered certification in the past (there are notes in UPA Web site), but one of the big issues has been determining what knowledge, skills, and abilities are most important to usability (and now "user experience"). I'm working with a group on a usability Body of Knowledge (BoK) that might sometime in the future serve as the foundation for certification. We're looking for volunteers to help us with the usability BoK. Our sample site is at http://www.usabilitybok.org/
Could you tell us what your specific requirements are for being certified? I would be very curious about that since it has caused great debate in the USA. Thank you, Chauncey On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 04:01:04, Bruno Figueiredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So when we started APPU we outlined the membership requirements so > that only people with at least minimum knowledge of the field are > full members. All of the other ones are sort of "trainees" until > they get more experience. That worked out quite well. > > Then, to prevent the problem with companies offering up services they > don't know nothing about we develop an Accreditation system. Only > companies with a full APPU member on their payroll and that prove to > incorporate HCI methods in their development process can have this > seal of approval. > > In the US, all of the Professional Associations, let anybody in. > That's good to popularize the field but has this kinds of drawbacks. > > I believe that eventually in the end, costumers will be able to > figure out if a company knows what it's doing or not, but we are > still far from that. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=21962 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
