Re: The difference between designers and developers

William Hudson <[email protected]> Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:38:37 +0100

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Hi, George.

> Actually, I'd rephase this to say that typically designers
> look at a system from the outside-in and developers look at 
> the system from the inside out.

I think that's a really useful way to think of it. FWIW, I have diagram
to that effect in my article for the upcoming Cutter IT Journal special
issue on software usability. (The article is about integrating UCD with
Agile processes.)

You can find the diagram in this draft:
http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/articles/ucd-xp03.pdf

OO design (it's design, but not as we know it<g>) is shown in the centre
and is labelled "introspective". UCD is shown as an outer ring and is
labelled "extrospective".

Regards,

William Hudson
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Design for Usability
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