In work environments like this, I have found that forcing our discipline into the process is the least effective... the "you MUST work with us" mantra will fall on deaf ears. It's often relationship building, one person at a time. Get one or two engineers who have seen the positive impact your perspective has on the end product become your advocates.
Also no one likes to feel like a dumb ass. Everyone wants to feel like they know what they're doing. So consider how you can approach the challenge as less a Debbie (or Donnie) Downer [ie. here are all the things that are wrong with what you've made], and more how you can make them feel like the perspective you brought made their work better. May seem easier said than done, but I think most of the battle is getting someone to feel like you're a needed resource because they couldn't possibly do the work as well without you. janna On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Ali Amrohvi <a...@amroha.dk> wrote: > As a User Centered Design graduate I find it quite irritating to be > working in an environment where engineers run everything. > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
