[Sigia-l] Visio, wireframes discussion

[Todd Warfel]

On Jul 11, 2005, at 7:51 PM, Donna Maurer wrote:

> I don't believe this is the reason we can't decide on a standard  
> application. The reason
> is that we are doing a very wide range of projects, working with  
> people with varying
> skillsets, and have a range of skills ourselves. It's the same  
> reason why we can't
> define the damn thing and why we have long discussions about roles  
> and titles
> frequently ;)

Well, if we approached it like we did a project for one of our  
clients, then that would be different. I mean, after all, part of our  
job is to look through a variety of audiences and find patterns. Then  
based on those patterns, we typically define a "core." And from that  
core, we come up with a viable solution that makes 70-90% of the  
audience 95% happy.

I think the reason we can't define the damn thing is that we're not  
following our own rules. We're trying to make 100% of the people 100%  
happy, which we all know never works. So, we should scale it down a  
bit and be realistic. We should approach it like we do our own  
projects for clients:

* Who's the audience?
* What are their goals?
* What are our business goals?
* What are the patterns in our work?

Cheers!

Todd R. Warfel
Design & Usability Specialist
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