[Sigia-l] IA or UXA? Which do you prefer?

[Jayson Elliot]

I think this conversation has convinced me that UXA is the new direction the
discipline has gone.

One person had the point that User Experience Architect is easier for
laypeople to understand, and I think that's a major point. It also does a
better job of including all the various elements that go into User
Experience, including interaction design, information design, strategy,
library sciences, usability, etc.

This has helped a lot, because I am planning to speak to our CCO about this
issue this week. I think I'll be recommending that our IAs be titled UXAs
from now on. If we want to be really sexy about it, we might just use the
shorter term "XAs."




On 03/10/2007, W Evans <wkevans4 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I used to be pure IA (for 2 years), but over the past 5 years, have spent
> more time with business strategy, conceptual modeling, interaction design
> (as well as some classic IA), which is why I have changed over in the last 2
> years to UXA - it fits better with the scope of my responsibilities and
> deliverables.
>
> --
> ~ will
>
> IxDA Interaction 08 | Savannah
> http://interaction08.ixda.org/
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> will evans
> user experience architect
> wkevans4 at gmail.com
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>
> On 10/3/07, Tom Donehower <tdonehower at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I personally prefer "Wireframe Monkey."
> >
> > Seriously,
> >
> > At this point in my career I think of myself more as a "User Experience
> > Architect."  I handle strategy, define success metrics, conduct
> > research,
> > create IA deliverables, and inform and advise on technology, design and
> > content, all with the intention of creating that illusive "perfect" user
> > experience.
> >
> > Perhaps more important, I chose to name my consultancy UXConcepts not
> > IAConcepts and have had much more success generating new business
> > describing
> > myself to clients as someone that architects user experiences as opposed
> > to
> > information.
> >
> > -Tom
> >
> >
> > On 10/3/07, Jayson Elliot < jayson.elliot at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > We've been debating the difference between Information Architects and
> > User
> > > Experience Architects.
> > >
> > > Which title do other IAs/UXAs go by? Do you see a difference between
> > the
> > > two
> > > descriptions?
> > >
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