Objectivity in Usability

posted by: elinore on September 8th 2009

In software design and development projects, usability testing provides an outsider view, acting as a defense against the preconceptions, personal interpretations, preferences, and interdependencies of the business and design teams.

Services Please...

posted by: lew on February 20th 2009

There are some great things happening these days – things are looking up. We are witnessing a great convergence of technologies, one that is more than just interesting or cool. This new convergence finally provides me with the tools – indeed the liberty – to work freely with my business clients without treading on the domain of my IT partners.

RUP, Agile – Which is better for user experience?

posted by: lew on February 20th 2009

All too often, the iterative process for user experience design conflicts with the typical process followed in IT groups. This has lead many IT groups to ignore the user experience process altogether (or at least parts of it). Some in our industry have blamed the development processes themselves, noting that they contain little or no user experience design phases or steps. So the question remains if the development process itself cannot change, how should user experience design be included?

Bring back the P.O.C

posted by: will on February 19th 2009

How I became an experience-driven software development evangelist

posted by: will on February 18th 2009

The Centipede's Dilemma

posted by: elinore on February 15th 2009

A lot of things work just fine until you stop and try to analyze each individual part of the whole. Too much focus on tiny tactics often leads to failure of the overall strategy.