At the risk of stating the obvious (although that can be good sometimes) it's important to remember that there's a business dimension to the design activity which the methodology/tasks needs to address. This dimension addresses questions such as "what users do we wish to target" or "what activity do we wish to support" and "what user goal/activity are we capable of supporting"; "what combination of user goals/activities can we address *profitably*"; to name a few.
I know the original post was addressing the methodological delineation/intersection between ACD and UCD, but ofttimes both of these fall down (in application) in the area of business consideration and strategy (thus the rise of Design Thinking). Steve 2008/10/8 Robert Hoekman Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > What other types of research fit into one or the other? > > > > Contextual Inquiry > > Cognitive Walkthroughs > > Competitive Analysis > > Cultural Analysis > > > > ------------------------------------------------ Steve 'Doc' Baty B.Sc (Maths), M.EC, MBA Principal Consultant Meld Consulting M: +61 417 061 292 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ 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
