On Jul 15, 2009, at 10:16 AM, j.scot wrote:
Can anyone recommend a persuasive, unquestionably authoritative presentation on why a formal design process, characterized by progress toward increasing precision -- for hardware AND software -- makes good business sense?
You won't find such a thing because it doesn't exist.
I've got a VP that doesn't have the time or patience to read anything too lengthy, who's an electronics engineer, struggling to understand the needs of the burgeoning software department under him.
You might want to start by discovering what *he* thinks the most important goals and objectives are for his new empire. Once you know his priorities, it should be easy to show how some aspect of design practice can effectively help him achieve his goals.
In my experience, you can't manage from below. His goals and objectives are driven by his superiors. The best you can do is figure out ways to help him look good in accomplishing those goals and objectives.
That's my opinion, worth what you paid for it. Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: [email protected] p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks Twitter: @jmspool ________________________________________________________________ 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
