On Nov 27, 2007, at 9:58 AM, Jeff White wrote: > So is good old fashioned face to face communication and relationship > building with engineers, stakeholders, execs, etc. Just playing > Devils advocate. I know that's not always possible.
That's a trade off. The amount of time spent chasing after these stakeholders can often amount to extra days as well—at least in our environment getting senior execs can take weeks at times. So, in fact personas can save that time. It's a trade off. BTW, I'm a firm believer in speaking directly with customers/users whenever possible. > "Once again, that just goes to show that we need more education on > how to create and properly use personas. Used properly, they are one > of our most useful tools. But like any other tool, used incorrectly, > or not at all, well, we all know what happens then. Bad data in bad > data out." > > Please don't stick me over in the corner with the persona dunce hat > on. I've created personas the right way in the past (and I commented > on my disappointment that folks out there are documenting their > subjective opinions and calling them personas earlier in this > thread) and have used them in the all the ways you and Jared suggest. I'm not putting you in any corner w/a dunce cap on. I'm saying "we" as in we the industry as a whole. > I think they are very good tools, but not always, that's where I > disagree with you guys. The original topic of this thread is "when > are personas not useful?". Based on my experience, there are times > when they are not the best tool for the job. The same results > continued to be mentioned in this thread can be achieved by other > means. Sometimes those other means make more sense on a particular > project than a persona. There is more than one way to skin a cat. Agreed. A tool is just that—a tool. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. ---------------------------------- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com ---------------------------------- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. ________________________________________________________________ *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
