Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Five Competencies of User Experience Design

2007-11-08 Thread steve psomas
Parth, Thanks for your comments. Prototype engineering... wars have been fought over this issue. I tried to express that in the article. Specifically, where does prototype engineering fit - is it in or out of UX design? - Out being on the development team or away from design process. I'm finding

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Five Competencies of User Experience Design

2007-11-08 Thread steve psomas
Dmitry, Thanks for taking this on. I admit my choice of words may not have been open enough to elicit applying to a personal situation. But look what it sparked? A discussion about the scope of our responsibilities as a UX designer. I don't think that's "dangerous" or "wrong" or even intentionally

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Five Competencies of User Experience Design

2007-11-06 Thread Parth Upadhye
I do not quite understand WHY Prototype Engineering is a competency. Should it not be Software Engineering - again a very broad term but referring to the technical/engineering aspect of the work. Here is my list titled "The Core Competencies of a UX Professional" 1. Communication Skills 2. Analyt

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Five Competencies of User Experience Design

2007-11-05 Thread Melvin Jay Kumar
Hi Dmitry, Agree with you on that. If an outsider just refers to this article and takes it to be the only way to do UX, then definitely that is wrong. I guess, everyone should refer to the UE elements and then specify how it fits within theit work environment and why in that based on the orgnizat

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Five Competencies of User Experience Design

2007-11-05 Thread Dmitry Nekrasovski
That was precisely my point. Had the author led off by saying that this was the division of responsibilities that made sense in his mind and environment, I would have no issue with it. Instead, the article features bald statements like "This framework comprises the competencies a UX professional o

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Five Competencies of User Experience Design

2007-11-05 Thread Melvin Jay Kumar
Hi , Actually I understand what the writer has written. After working for more than 8 years in many different environments, I would say that there is no definite set up for how UE elements are brough to life in the company you are working in. Every company is different and you take the elements o

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Five Competencies of User Experience Design

2007-11-05 Thread Dmitry Nekrasovski
Just read this. The author's use of the term Information Architecture is definitely pretty loose - it seems to encompass not just IA, but product management and branding concerns. Very odd. Also, user research is almost entirely omitted, and the use of terms like "prototype engineering" makes me w

[IxDA Discuss] The Five Competencies of User Experience Design

2007-11-05 Thread Pierre Roberge
As anyone seen this? http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000230.php I see Information Architecture as a subset of what I do when I do Interaction Design on website not the other way around. To me it would be more like - Interaction Design - Interface Design/Information Architecture - Visua