Pankaj: I think you have pointed out a critical issue for the IxD profession. If, as you say, "people involved in the whole process of software creation consider interaction designers to be a small part of the total process," we will not achieve our potential as a profession.
I have always positioned myself with clients as the person responsible for the "conceptual design" of the product. I take input from both the business stakeholders and the technical team and synthesize their requirements and constraints into a product that I present to them for review -- typically as a model or design prototype. This allows me to play a strategic role in the product development rather than being a support person as so often happens to technical writers and business analysts. At the end of the day, the issue is not about who is subordinate to whom but who "owns" various aspects of the project. Clearly the business people own the business strategy and the technical team own the technical architecture. IMO, the Ix Designer should own the conceptual design of the product and the elements that users view and touch. Best, Charlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25942 ________________________________________________________________ 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
