Hmmm Robert - I know a word can be defined - but not a process. We are not disagreeing, and to some extent what matters is if the UCD process a company is yielding positive results. Many who I have heard deride ucd are either using a bad, broken, cheap process or have no idea what a I've process is - tried making personas after reading an article in Interactions or b&a - and then scratch their heads and say things like ucd doesn't work or personas dont work.
will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.281.1281 On Nov 27, 2007, at 8:52 PM, "Robert Hoekman, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know I'm asking for a war here, but let's try it anyway. I think > if we > came up with a common definition of what a UCD process looks like, > it would > be a lot easier to settle some of these debates. > > Some have said UCD simply means keeping the user at the forefront of > your > attention while doing design work. Some have said it means creating > personas > and scenarios, doing thorough user research, etc. Some have said ad- > hoc > personas are suitable in many situations. The list goes on. But my > understanding has always been that UCD is a process. As such, I'd > like to > either find out I'm wrong, or determine exactly what constitutes a UCD > process. > > So tell me, dear IxDA cohorts: what exactly is UCD? > > Let the battles begin! > > -r- > ________________________________________________________________ > *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 ________________________________________________________________ *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
