Sorry for the seperate thread, the reply functionality was down for maintainance and I was urged to simple write an email. I even put in the actual name of the thread with the hope that they would put it in there.
Anyway... The discussion is principal and have some rather large implications on how we work with our clients or with management. How often haven't we been fighting with clients who read a book, are biased because they went to some lecture where UCD was preached or read an article about the beauty of UCD. I have at least and is now very upfront with my clients about the principles we design by so we can manage expectations. User input is valuable when acumulated, but this idea that seem have spread that the specific input given by specific users on a given project is sick in it's core and should be stopped before it brings the entire field in jeopardy of being a joke. Just look at how long it took to actually pursuade clients to look at Jakob Nielsens writings as part of the equation not THE equation. Maybe I am alone on feeling like this, but never the less it affects me so I need to react. On a more constructive note let me recommend two great books. One is Clayton Christensen "The Innovator's Dilemma" and "What Customers Want - Using Outcome-driven Innovation to Create Breakthrough Products and Services" by Anthony Ulwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31068 ________________________________________________________________ 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
