Dan, I respond%u2026 Do you mean what should Interaction Designers know about Strategy as a practice or about the strategy of the project they're working on? If it%u2019s big %u201CS%u201D Strategy I believe Interaction Designers should have at least a firm grasp of what%u2019s going on with the collective wisdom that make up the elusive %u2018Best Practices.%u2019 I think the front half of the questionnaire Will Evans just posted to his blog* helps get you there (Are you read up on ideas and discussions enough to validate them against your goals? Have you found a few other folks facing the same challenges and see how they succeeded or failed?) Most importantly %u2013 do you understand your client%u2019s goals and overall strategy? Learning about what the client is ultimately shooting for means fewer little mistakes and no big ones down the road.
If it%u2019s little %u201Cs%u201D strategy all members of a project team should know enough about the strategy they%u2019re working towards to make them dangerous - i.e. able to add insight based on what skills they bring to the table. In many cases strategic goals are mapped out prior to IxD's getting involved but that doesn%u2019t prevent good insight from being sprinkled in later to the overall benefit of all. (That goes for everyone, Content, Design, Tech and QA.) Don't try to re-open a strategic discussion just for the sake of it, but try to influence the direction just like you'd tap on the shoulder of a man with a blowtorch - gentle pressure.** * http://budurl.com/guruquestions ** Terrible MST3K reference, but it's on in the background so I can't help it. [boon] http://www.wordhole.com twitter: boonerang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36819 ________________________________________________________________ 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
