Richard Rogan:"Align with QA - Isn't this team focused on "after the fact/this are already built" issues?"
I appreciate that. In our org, the members of QA are actively involved in new product introduction as they bring in the experience of what went wrong previously. When I worked in the "usability dept" I applied both the collected enhancement requests from previous products as well as UCD to new features. I think its worth noting that large corporations often have rolling roadmaps with gated review cycles of waterfall developments. I can be a tall order to wedge in a new UCD cycle at the start of a program. I've found more buying by taking the long view and 'fixing things in version 2'. I guess there are advantages to being an autonomous body within the organisation. I would say that if this is a new function within an existing business then you're going further the aims of that unit by leveraging existing processes - not wedging yourself in somehow. To my mind, while I accept the limitations, being a part of the Product Quality group it will give you direct access to the general checks and balances already in place. While 'it depends' I would find it hard to see an org flip the switch on to front end UCD overnight - too risky. Also there's just far too much politics in place for a 15,000 org to swallow that much enlightenment in one go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=22415 ________________________________________________________________ *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://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
