[Sigia-l] Information Architecture and Usability Professions

[Andrew]

Ziya Oz wrote:
> Are you positing that as an ideal? 'Cause, I rarely see designers sit in
> judgment of the usability people. Business people hire the latter presumably
> to judge the work of the former, but the business people are themselves
> incapable of judging the work of the usability people. So who judges the
> presumed judges?
>
>   
That is one of those "When did you stop abusing your pet goat?" questions :)

I have done post-implementation reviews where I have sat in judgement of 
whole project teams, including usability professionals.

Like I said before, the usability people should be judged on the result 
- and would be if there were sufficient thought put into the process. 
I'm in favour of post-implementation reviews.

Who judges the judges? Why, the consultant who does the review, of 
course :) Ultimately, it is history. It can either be a Betamax 
(technically superior but glorious failure) that is worthy of a grand 
mausoleum or something that just crawls off to die in the ditch of 
history, forgotten and unmourned.

For myself, I want the mausoleum, or better yet, the place in history - 
to become an Ancestor, worthy of remembrance. Regardless of the hat I am 
wearing.

Best regards, Andrew