RE: starting human factors work
<[email protected]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:04:12 -0800
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I would caution about doing usability testing in a group but by all means have the engineers watch users interacting with your products. Even for skeptics, seeing is believing. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raoul Duke Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 10:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BayCHI Discussions] starting human factors work been there, as the engineer. i'd suggest that while "focus group" usability testing is often a big waste of $, it can be a wonderful way to clearly demonstrate problems and thus reach those engineers who are at all reachable and get them to realize that what users what or can understand is probably very different than what the product currently is or is planned to be, and then that the best person to help bridge that gap is somebody like you. sincerely. _______________________________________________ This is the BayCHI Discussions mailing list, [email protected] To change your subscription options, or to unsubscribe, visit http://baychi.org/mailman/listinfo/discussions _______________________________________________ This is the BayCHI Discussions mailing list, [email protected] To change your subscription options, or to unsubscribe, visit http://baychi.org/mailman/listinfo/discussions