Comments on: User Experience Team Blueprint http://www.seancoon.org/2006/03/user_experience_team_blueprint.html so many dots, so little time... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:51:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Sean Coon http://www.seancoon.org/2006/03/user_experience_team_blueprint.html#comment-687 Sean Coon Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:03:19 +0000 http://www.seancoon.org/2006/03/user_experience_team_blueprint.html#comment-687 pretty much. the team started with IxD and then i added UID, editorial and IA in that order. at one point, the client-side team fell in, but they were yanked out six months later. we worked with an outside usability firm for most of my tenure there, so i used this sketch to hone the internal team's focus. if i were to have my druthers and a bankroll for hiring, yes, usability - ethnographic - contextual research would definitely be one of the major components. we did build an internal research lab before i left and i hear it's working out very well... pretty much.

the team started with IxD and then i added UID, editorial and IA in that order. at one point, the client-side team fell in, but they were yanked out six months later.

we worked with an outside usability firm for most of my tenure there, so i used this sketch to hone the internal team’s focus. if i were to have my druthers and a bankroll for hiring, yes, usability - ethnographic - contextual research would definitely be one of the major components.

we did build an internal research lab before i left and i hear it’s working out very well…

]]> By: Rob Fay http://www.seancoon.org/2006/03/user_experience_team_blueprint.html#comment-685 Rob Fay Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:12:35 +0000 http://www.seancoon.org/2006/03/user_experience_team_blueprint.html#comment-685 Thanks for the visual. One question, however. Why did you not include usability as one of the overlapping portions of the venn diagram? Instead, you have it pulled out. Is this because "usability" was not a formalized department under the UX umbrella? Thanks for the visual. One question, however. Why did you not include usability as one of the overlapping portions of the venn diagram? Instead, you have it pulled out. Is this because “usability” was not a formalized department under the UX umbrella?

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