Re: [IxDA Discuss] Process resposibilties: PM does initial requirements gathering with client?

2009-04-13 Thread David Poteet
I think the answer depends to some degree on whether you are supporting internal customers, or working as an outside UX vendor. We pair a project manager with a user experience architect during the requirements analysis process, and we often bring in someone from the creative and development team a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Process resposibilties: PM does initial requirements gathering with client?

2009-04-13 Thread Angel Marquez
>>Thanks Angel and suggest part of the answer lies in:No worries. >>* Asking the right questions up front to determine value and driving requirements based on research, need, gut feel, market gaps, fill in your own ... Agreed. I would add having the right people in the correct roles. It sounds so

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Process resposibilties: PM does initial requirements gathering with client?

2009-04-13 Thread Daniel Szuc
Thanks Angel and suggest part of the answer lies in: * Asking the right questions up front to determine value and driving requirements based on research, need, gut feel, market gaps, fill in your own ... * Having faith that the folks determining a market need have done their homework i.e. what ar

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Process resposibilties: PM does initial requirements gathering with client?

2009-04-12 Thread Angel Marquez
>>How do folks manage requirement(s) priority and value? i.e. how do you know if what you are gathering is truly worth building out? Charter, proposal, client work order, sales initiative, design document (video game world) >>It seems this is where many products fail. We build or design stuff that

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Process resposibilties: PM does initial requirements gathering with client?

2009-04-12 Thread Daniel Szuc
How do folks manage requirement(s) priority and value? i.e. how do you know if what you are gathering is truly worth building out? It seems this is where many products fail. We build or design stuff that people don't need and we are evaluating the "usefulness" way too late in the project. The swe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Process resposibilties: PM does initial requirements gathering with client?

2009-04-09 Thread charles Sue-Wah-Sing
In my career I've seen many variations of the requirements gathering process. I've lead this phase mainly due to lack of resources. In some cases I've had business analysts or the project manager lead the requirements phase and utilizes an IA or tech lead to validate the information gathered. Depe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Process resposibilties: PM does initial requirements gathering with client?

2009-04-09 Thread Dru
Like Jack, the complexity of the project dictates how the requirements are collected. Basically we do "other" and here is what we do: 1 UI person and designer get with biz owner to get high level requirements for purpose of design elements. At this point we may or may not include a Business Analys

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Process resposibilties: PM does initial requirements gathering with client?

2009-04-09 Thread Jack Moffett
On Apr 9, 2009, at 4:02 AM, R. Groot wrote: in your company, which role gathers the requirements from the client? I work on a wide range of projects, from my company's own products to military contracts. Requirement gathering varies from project to project. a) project manager makes inv

[IxDA Discuss] Process resposibilties: PM does initial requirements gathering with client?

2009-04-09 Thread R. Groot
Dear all, I'll keep it short: in your company, which role gathers the requirements from the client? a) project manager makes inventory in the initial meetings and passes them to the interaction designer b) project manager and interaction designer both do the initial meetings together. The intera