http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2002/users-who-needs-them Information architecture, interaction design and much more Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:17:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2002/users-who-needs-them#comment-90 dkr Wed, 06 Nov 2002 22:48:50 +0000 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2002/users-who-needs-them#comment-90 You know, I see the same thing quite often. Although, if I were to really think about it, it's often worse than you describe it. I don't know how many times I've seen a stakehold or client of mine sort of, well, laugh off the prospect of user testing or gathering requirements from users at all, let alone late into the process. With a little explanation they always come around, but it's amazing to me that the users/readers/what-have-you aren't thought about early and often by the people who have the real interest in making a project successful. Well - like you said, we just need to keep on keepin' on and get that mentality to change. You know, I see the same thing quite often. Although, if I were to really think about it, it’s often worse than you describe it. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen a stakehold or client of mine sort of, well, laugh off the prospect of user testing or gathering requirements from users at all, let alone late into the process. With a little explanation they always come around, but it’s amazing to me that the users/readers/what-have-you aren’t thought about early and often by the people who have the real interest in making a project successful. Well - like you said, we just need to keep on keepin’ on and get that mentality to change.

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