Comments on: User-Centred Design is dead? Which bits? http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/04/21/user-centred-design-is-dead-which-bits/ User Experience Design & Research, written by Harry Brignull Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:20:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Top posts this year on on 90percentofeverything.com- 90 Percent of Everything http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/04/21/user-centred-design-is-dead-which-bits/comment-page-1/#comment-119121 Top posts this year on on 90percentofeverything.com- 90 Percent of Everything Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:51:16 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/04/21/user-centred-design-is-dead-which-bits/#comment-119121 [...] User Centred Design is dead? Which bits?: this debate seems to go on and on. We’ve been talking about it at some of the UX-Brighton gatherings – a lot of the confusion seems to tie into how you define UCD and the alternatives. Have you read We tried baseball and it didn’t work by Ron Jeffries? It’s amusingly relevant to this debate. [...] [...] User Centred Design is dead? Which bits?: this debate seems to go on and on. We’ve been talking about it at some of the UX-Brighton gatherings – a lot of the confusion seems to tie into how you define UCD and the alternatives. Have you read We tried baseball and it didn’t work by Ron Jeffries? It’s amusingly relevant to this debate. [...]

]]> By: How much does design matter? | AccMan http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/04/21/user-centred-design-is-dead-which-bits/comment-page-1/#comment-62701 How much does design matter? | AccMan Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:02:16 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/04/21/user-centred-design-is-dead-which-bits/#comment-62701 [...] User-Centred Design is dead? Which bits? [...] [...] User-Centred Design is dead? Which bits? [...]

]]> By: Rob http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/04/21/user-centred-design-is-dead-which-bits/comment-page-1/#comment-53921 Rob Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:11:36 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/04/21/user-centred-design-is-dead-which-bits/#comment-53921 I'm afraid the entire premise of Spool's argument is based on the assumption that UCD is a methodology, rather than a broad philosophy. "design dogma, methodology and formal process were inferior to a well understood shared vision, frequent user feedback and a robust tool box of design tricks & techniques." Frequent user feedback? Robust tool box? What exactly does he think UCD is if not this? I saw him talk at CHI recently, and although he is an entertaining speaker, there's more than a nugget of bad thinking at the heart of many of his arguments. I’m afraid the entire premise of Spool’s argument is based on the assumption that UCD is a methodology, rather than a broad philosophy. “design dogma, methodology and formal process were inferior to a well understood shared vision, frequent user feedback and a robust tool box of design tricks & techniques.”

Frequent user feedback? Robust tool box? What exactly does he think UCD is if not this? I saw him talk at CHI recently, and although he is an entertaining speaker, there’s more than a nugget of bad thinking at the heart of many of his arguments.

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