On Jan 26, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Russell Wilson wrote:
And how do you objectively prove it's better? Short of testing
alternatives you have a very subjective problem.
Further, there is rarely if ever "one" perfect design solution, but
many
very good solutions possible; any and all of which work well enough
within
reason and to varying degrees. This makes it more important to
define your
ranges and criteria of a problem and measure against that.
"Objectively" is
relative then to how well you've defined the problem in the first
place.
Exactly my point. Given that there are 1+ equally viable design
solutions,
it may be impossible to prove that "yours" is
better.
Who cares?
You're really trying to find a good solution (and in Ali's case, have
a conversation about what makes some solutions better than others).
If you have a criteria by which you and the team can decide if a
solution is good enough or not, who cares if there's more than one?
Jared
Jared M. Spool
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