[Sigia-l] UML - still not fit for the UCD?

[Pierre Roberge]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruth Kaufman" <ruth at ruthkaufman.com>
> Calling out concepts
> and user objects does not imply any interaction design -- it just
> generates a collection of objects with which a user can interact. IMHO,
> it's a critical step in the process of designing large domains and web
> applications. It precedes interaction design.

To me, Interaction is bigger than the design of the interaction.  It is a
methodology that helps define what the product will do and which *objects* a
user will interact with.  So in my opinion, UML and UCD can benefit each
other if Interaction Design precedes any UML encoding of the design.

Pierre Roberge
User Experience Specialist