I'm not an "official" designer at my company though I do some design and work solely inhouse. I am "usability" or, per recent discussions, the "make it easy" person. I'm very involved every step of the way here, which is great and it is a collaborative process. I'm fortunate to work with the teams I work with who are very interested in making the best possible applications for our staff. I attend all regular project meetings, incorporate my plan into the process and organize/facilitate brainstorming sessions, prototyping sessions, as well as other activities. I do get plenty of input, though when it comes time for implementation, I may have to give up some things over critical bugs, etc. I do some research (observe employees working with these apps, etc.) and also work with the analysts, developers for other research aspects. There are a few groups where I don't get to do all this but for the most part, this is how I work.
Susie Robson The MathWorks Sr. Usability Specialist 1.508.647.7685 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Schraad Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 9:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IxDA Discuss] biz dev This may only apply to inhouse folks, but I am curious about how you as a designer interact with business development folks? Those are the people, sometimes in marketing, bizdev (obviously) and sometimes in product, that come up with great ideas that they want to flush out. Is this a collaborative process - or is it more waterfall.? Do you get enough input? Is there research done? Mark ________________________________________________________________ *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
