I've been making the assertion over the last couple months that what traditional analysts are doing overlaps to a large degree with what UCD folks do. I'd be...
... were working ... interfaced with a ... XP ... comfortable with ... said he ... asked what ... happy but I ... trust ... paint it ... attitude-but ... that...
this is a really interesting conversation about many topics in one context! I come to it as a former analyst turned UCD/Usability person. And I will segway...
Since this has come up a lot recently, I thought I'd chime in. There is a growing movement to call the larger practice of user-centered-design by the name...
I didn't really follow my own train of thought when I started out the paragraph below. I wanted to comment on the different approaches that a UC designer and a...
I like the term UX, have already seen it in use in the last week or two, and will work to retrain my tongue to utter it at the appropriate instants. Alistair...
... what ... what ... [snip] ... effectively ... Jeff, I agreee that there is a lot of overlap but as Kay said, a lot of the foundational assumptions are...
Hmmm... Been my experience that documents and artifacts are communication channels geared to a particular audience... That it is an agreement of what is to be...
... <kayburnett2002@y...> wrote: <snip> ...with in the course of their use of the product. IME, the traditional analyst assumes a product and wants to start by...
... <joshseiden@y...> wrote: Thanks Josh, this is a great story - ... In your story you describe what the analysts produced as a design specification - one...
Accidentially sent it out. To finish my thought... Sometimes verbal is better than written. It depends. I saw artifacts hinder a project in terms of...
... communication channels geared to a particular audience... Maybe that's a good argument for a "one size doesn't fit all" rule. Spending a lot of time and...
Well yes, the point is about communication, not about artifacts. The fact that the artifacts were missing an entire dimension of communication is a symptom of...
... artifacts hinder a project in terms of productivity, infighting and politics. Or the process was to deliver artifacts, not value. ... because of...
Sometimes a visual channel is not appropriate. Depends again on the audience. Myself I prefer visual. Seen others more productive with written word. It depends...
... The big problem is that it was not complete. Most of the work that was there was appropriate. 5-10 percent was misguided because it made incorrect...
... Can't your subscribe to the Wiki, so that changes to any document are sent out to the appropriate parties? This would ensure, anyways, that folks who've...
I can't speak for Jeff. For me I find it much easier to talk to a person about changes and and why the changes. ... From: "Sue Heim" <sue_heim@...> Date:...
I like this conversation because I've found spec documentation to be the most important design & development tool I have. And I try to use *agile documentation...
When it comes to specs I believe width is more important to depth. Makes sure the spec is end to end, but it's OK if you can't go into detail on everything in...
Agreed. I use risk with priorities to guide efforts. I see change and the impact of change as risks. Putting together a very detailed artifact is a risk at...
Forgot to mention that this way of thinking is similar to some eastern philosophy. Can't recall which one. ... From: "Chris" <chris@...> Date: Thu, 3...
What I meant by wide over deep is that it covers the end to end "experience", or say "path", of the feature without having to go deep on each feature. In other...
Forgot to mention that this way of thinking is similar to some eastern philosophy. Can't recall which one. -- Alain: Not sure what "way of thinking" you are...
I'm just catching up with this list [and the rest of my life for that matter...] ... These are the failure conditions I hear Alistair Cockburn harp about ...
... are sent ... folks ... revision, and ... We've been bad at subscribing to changes - we've had the silly belief that since they're sitting a few feet from...
It's funny that you mention those failure conditions. There is this product that automatically handes those failures. They call these failures exceptions. For...
We've only recently started writing use-cases, so take this for what it is worth. When we sit down to create the use-cases (usually with product management, QA...
I recently saw an article or advertisement for a package of GUI components that are magnetic. It was really cool because you could work through GUI flow on a...
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