[Sigia-l] Information Architecture and Usability Professions

[Adrian Howard]

On 6 Sep 2006, at 00:14, Jared M. Spool wrote:
[snip]
> Modern usability practice is about bringing information into the  
> decision
> making practice so that decisions the *team* makes are informed and  
> thought
> through.

Amen.

> You can't do this with post-design inspections and tests. You need
> to do the research in advance of design, bringing the information  
> into the
> process.
[snip]

Unfortunately you also get the people who go too far in this  
direction and eschew all feedback on the design they produce  
because... y'know... they're *right* :-)

Adrian