Could guys talk about the method by case instead of by abstract methods ? Cheers, -- Jarod
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Joshua Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In an attempt to discover any real difference between ACD and UCD, here's a > concrete question: > > Are there different methods/deliverables that we might label more of an ACD > practice or a UCD practice? > > To determine this, we should look at what the primary object of the method > is. That is, what is being communicated or diagrammed in the method? > > Is it the User (or types of users) or is it the Activity (or set of tasks)? > > In the previous thread Dan Saffer started doing this. > > Personas (Cooper, Adlin, etc) have a User as the primary object > > Indi Young's Mental Models have activities as the primary object > > I would also add three more that seem focused on the activity: > > Hackos/Redish task analysis > Adlin's Reality Maps (ch. 10) > Zaki-Warfel's task analysis grid > > Now, I understand that most of us do task-related methods and call it UCD. > That's fine. We can keep calling it UCD and we'll all get along just fine. I > don't really care what we call it...I'm just focused on what we're doing... > > So, what methods focus on the User and what methods focus on the Activity? > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- http://designforuse.blogspot.com/ ________________________________________________________________ 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
