Oliver, Insofar as they work best as a heuristic, that is in developing a design solution and educating the client about your approach, they can be very good. But they're illustrative. They help us, as designers, think through the user needs and interests. And connect those with the user's daily routines and related activities.
Where they're weak is in their one-dimensionality. Perhaps they could be supplemented with a report of contextualized activities, and use cases in which a design is consumed. In many cases I think the context of activity is more important than persona. As a heuristic though they're a useful device. adrianb On Nov 13, 2007, at 12:19 PM, oliver green wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am trying to understand the finer nuances of using personas. The > various articles/book chapters that I have read talk about instances > where using personas would be useful. But I feel that to really > understand a methodology, one should be familiar with the weaknesses > as well. So, can you give me examples where using personas would not > be advisable/helpful? > > Thanks, > Oliver > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help Adrian chan | 415 516 4442 | www.gravity7.com http://www.gravity7.com/blog/media/ Social Interaction Design Blog http://www.gravity7.com/blog/film/ Film Review and Film theory Blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianchan LinkedIn http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=50853921 Facebook ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
