[Sigia-l] Information Architecture and Usability Professions

[Adrian Howard]

On 31 Aug 2006, at 23:10, Stanley, Niki wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> As an information architect, are you typically responsible for  
> usability
> testing and other evaluations (if so, at what stages?) or is there a
> clear division between information architect duties and usability
> specialist duties?

Not for me.

> I know there are some folks who firmly believe the two should be
> separate - that an information architect cannot objectively evaluate
> his/her own work for usability.

And vice versa. How can you have a good IA if its unusable? How can  
you have a usable application with a bad IA?

Adrian