I grab some time with the stakeholder at the beginning to get a sense of the context of the goal. Who the users might be, what they need to accomplish, what they don%u2019t need to do, etc. are the main points to get down. They may not have all the answers but it%u2019s a start.
I also turn to resources already in hand. I may have past work/research lying around, personas, mental models that I can turn to internally for reference. Next step is to scour the web for other data points (Safari, UX related sites and yes Twitter.) If time permits, I also quickly browse through my local city and university libraries (very lucky to have two high quality libraries) and my own collection of books. I mine out the data and research that are appropriate for the work at hand. After all that is done, slam it into a presentation, maybe do some initial sketches and recap with the team and stakeholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43514 ________________________________________________________________ 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
