the evils of design

the evils of design
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Monday May 21, 2007

Design matters.

Focus matters.

If we apply a laser focus on the user populations our tools must target and use that focus to drive our decisions, we have a higher chance of being successful in creating tools for user populations that Sun is historically unfamiliar with. Without the laser focus, we tend to get carried away with our technology and solve problems by throwing technology at it.

Define the problem space. Design a solution. Apply technology.

[evil laugh]

( May 21 2007, 01:39:49 PM PDT ) Permalink Comments [2]

Comments:

Have you tried constructing personas? I'm sure you have, but they would seemingly be key in discovering what your end-users are really like... I guess, in a way, it's like polling - you could theoretically create a few personas to represent a larger audience.

Posted by Brandon on May 21, 2007 at 02:24 PM PDT #

Yup. Creating personas is fun work. Validating them is another piece of the process. That can be more challenging but when you get it right, you know you are on the correct path.

Posted by anet on May 22, 2007 at 01:15 PM PDT #