Thanks for all of your responses. Each was very helpful in determining a course of action.
That said, before I could think too much about it I actually ran into the PM in the hallway this morning. Sensing s/he knew I knew about the design I started of the conversation with some light humor about this person joining the design team w/out going through the proper interview loops, etc. I then dove into determining their motivations and reasons for doing the work. After talking through the problems of the design solution, s/he admitted there were flaws in the design and saw why I hadn't taken that approach. I ended the conversation with appreciation for the work and encouraged this person to submit further ideas to the project team directly. I also mentioned how we'd likely put the design into the R&D bucket and likely seek his help in fleshing out the design flaws. All in all, about 10 minutes of my time was used and it went very well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=23497 ________________________________________________________________ *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
