@Steve, great point about business needs at some level driving design decisions.
In my fullday workshop at d.Construct I talked about this very problem, and I argued that the question "what activity do we wish to support" is a better question than "what users do we wish to target". However, it's clear that if your audience does not change (such as if you're building an intranet) then the opposite applies. But in general, I think it's clear that the most successful software is that which nails to the ground an activity. Even in very niche world of professional web design, for example, each successful application focuses on specific activities within that world. There is no "software for web designers" that supports everything...there are several pieces that fit different activities that all web designers use piecemeal to get the job done. For example, I use a text editor, ftp program, graphics program, diagramming program, version control program, and communications tools to get it all done...and I recognize each of these pieces of software for the specific activity it supports. And to your point...can you provide more examples where ACD or UCD falls down in the area of business consideration and strategy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33980 ________________________________________________________________ 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
