And from my readings and attendance at all day workshops and seminars - the "Other" UCD - Usage Centered Design - is not User focused at all. The actuall user not not the central focus of the design effort. What is at the center of the design effort is a "conceptual model" of a particular usage based on the, I suppose, ruminations of the person doing the conceptual model. There is a strong de-emphasis on user interviews and research.
At least that is my interpretation of what I have heard the other ucd advocates proclaiming. On Nov 29, 2007 4:18 PM, Robert Hoekman, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > why can't > > UCD be BOTH a philosophy/paradigm as well as the label (rather than > > definition) for a VARIETY of different processes. > > > I think there are definitely going to be differences in process that still > qualify, but overall, there are a few specific things that are usually > associated with UCD, which is why I think of it a a process, I suppose. > > Which might beg the > > question, is there such a thing as Non-User Centered Design? > > > Yes. UCD assumes the user is the center of focus (according to several > definitions so far in this thread). When I design, I put the activity at > the > center. The user is part of the equation, but so is the system and its > possibilities, and the activity itself is the important factor. Not what > either side does exclusively, but the activity that both are required to > perform. > > (OK, so that was pretty abstract, but yes, there is such a thing as non > user-centered process.) > > -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 > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" ------------------------------------------------------- will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ *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
