I have used them in the past, but only when time & resources were abundant. One weakness is the effort it takes to develop and verify them properly. Also, getting those personas to become a part of daily work for engineers and others can be a challenge. But they were helpful in educating upper management about UCD in general.
We're in an agile development environment now - our team discussed using personas, but that's as far as it went. Instead we've relied heavily on interviews, observation & usability testing, all with really lightweight documentation and lots of verbal reports back to team members. Jeff On Nov 13, 2007 3:19 PM, oliver green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > ________________________________________________________________ *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
