I'm planning to teach a course on how knowledge of Content Management Systems makes us better user experience designers. In this course, we will survey many prevalent CMS tools (slated at the moment: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Sharepoint, Expression Engine) to review how they work, analyze their capabilities and limitations, and overall, make non-technical designers more conversant with these technologies. It is my belief that this background not only helps a designer when formulating/proposing a solution, but is also valuable in discussions with other (perhaps more-technical) project team members.
I'd like to get thoughts and ideas from the community: How does knowledge of Content Management Systems make us better user experience designers? Literature on this topic seems to be scarce, so a recommendation for further research is welcomed as well. Brian Henkel User Experience Manifest Digital 1200 West Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 manifestdigital.com 312 235 3024 v 773 331 7645 c 312 803 9669 f ________________________________________________________________ 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
