On 2/5/08, Dan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pankaj, > So, if you're going to struggle to get them to read one book, why select a > book at all? Are there other approaches you've tried to get them to see the > value of interaction design? > > One thing you might try (before dropping some rupees on any of these books) > is making one small change on your next project. Don't try to do all of UCD. > Don't stop their current process, or add days of user research. Make one > small change -- maybe throw in an annotated wireframe, or take half a day to > do a user summary. If that change has a positive effect, they might let you > make another change. And then another.
Well, I was talking figuratively ;-) when I said it wont be possible to get them to read it. In any case its not my intention to go and gift everyone a copy of the book - with 5500 employees every single one of them being hardcore techie, and more than 25% of them in the decision making role it will never be easy. To top it I work for a company that is purely in B2B enterprise software development space and UI is equated to "adding buttons on the form". I though have been working against the tide (though helped by the extreme customer feedback on the sloppy interfaces we have been giving) and over the period of last 2 years I have been able to go one step at a time and finally get a few people up in the ladder to see value in all that I have been trying to do. The idea is to get these converted people to read a book that will make them the change ambassadors for future and help my cause. Cheers Pankaj ________________________________________________________________ *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
