[Sigia-l] RE: Sigia-l Digest, Vol 3, Issue 9

[Peter Boersma]

Eric wrote:

> Firstly, do we in the IA field have a clear idea on just which IA tasks
have
> well defined inputs/outputs, or for that matter well-defined processes?

No, we don't even have a clear idea of what the IA tasks are or, worse, what
IA is :-) We all have different definitions of IA
(http://www.iawiki.net/DefiningTheDamnThing) and this list of deliverables
(http://www.iawiki.net/DeliverablesAndArtifacts) is put together from
several individual lists with overlap and gaps.

> I also think that it would be beneficial to our field to further develop
and
> refine the individual practices and techniques we employ, even without
> considering the issue of outsourcing. Things like JJG's visvocab and
similar
> documentation have been very useful in practice, and also valuable in
> furthering our credibility.

At my company we have both charted our overall User Experience(*) process
(as an add-on to the Rational Unified Process) as well as described the
individual deliverables in a structured manner.
See the presentation I gave about it at Design Engaged:
http://www.peterboersma.com/publications/de2004/Design_Engaged_STUX_Presenta
tion_Peter_Boersma.pdf

Peter
(*) Because Big IA is now UX :-)
http://www.peterboersma.com/blog/2004/11/t-model-big-ia-is-now-ux.html
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