Comments on: UIEtips Article: Ten Ways to Kill Good Design http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/07/03/uietips-article-ten-ways-to-kill-good-design/ UIE\'s latest insights on the world of design Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:32:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: blog.dsetia.com» Blog Archive » UIEtips Article: Ten Ways to Kill Good Design http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/07/03/uietips-article-ten-ways-to-kill-good-design/comment-page-1/#comment-81863 blog.dsetia.com» Blog Archive » UIEtips Article: Ten Ways to Kill Good Design Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:15:33 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/07/03/uietips-article-ten-ways-to-kill-good-design/#comment-81863 [...] UIEtips 7/3/07: Ten Ways to Kill Good Design One way to improve designs is to focus on changes that will produce better quality results. If you can identify areas in your work where you could be more efficient, you will immediately see a benefit. That’s why this issue’s feature article is about the mistakes we repeatedly see […] Source: [Link] [...] [...] UIEtips 7/3/07: Ten Ways to Kill Good Design One way to improve designs is to focus on changes that will produce better quality results. If you can identify areas in your work where you could be more efficient, you will immediately see a benefit. That’s why this issue’s feature article is about the mistakes we repeatedly see […] Source: [Link] [...]

]]> By: Joseph Selbie http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/07/03/uietips-article-ten-ways-to-kill-good-design/comment-page-1/#comment-81812 Joseph Selbie Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:47:56 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/07/03/uietips-article-ten-ways-to-kill-good-design/#comment-81812 I couldn't agree more with Kim. Successful design teams are aware of the business and "political" dynamics surrounding a project, and are proactive about solving the problems described in Kim's article. My comany (Tristream) conducted a best practices study a couple of years ago (with Jakob Nielsen as our study advisor) and found that there were consistent team dynamics and core team composition among the teams that designed the most usable applications -- and that the core team always included a key stakeholder and sufficent resourced time for all team members. We offer the study for sale on our website at: http://www.tristream.com/tristream/publications/bps.html I couldn’t agree more with Kim. Successful design teams are aware of the business and “political” dynamics surrounding a project, and are proactive about solving the problems described in Kim’s article.

My comany (Tristream) conducted a best practices study a couple of years ago (with Jakob Nielsen as our study advisor) and found that there were consistent team dynamics and core team composition among the teams that designed the most usable applications — and that the core team always included a key stakeholder and sufficent resourced time for all team members.

We offer the study for sale on our website at: http://www.tristream.com/tristream/publications/bps.html

]]> By: Garrett Dimon http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/07/03/uietips-article-ten-ways-to-kill-good-design/comment-page-1/#comment-81804 Garrett Dimon Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:30:53 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/07/03/uietips-article-ten-ways-to-kill-good-design/#comment-81804 All excellent points. My <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/garrettdimon/improving-interface-design" rel="nofollow">Web Visions presentation on Improving Interface Design</a> touched on many of these same issues. There are countless ways everyday where Design ends up taking a back seat and losing out. I've found that the best way to improve how design is perceived inside of any given team is to view it as a constant process of education and awareness. It's not a simple thing that can be changed overnight, and even when some change is finally made, there's always more work to do. All excellent points. My Web Visions presentation on Improving Interface Design touched on many of these same issues. There are countless ways everyday where Design ends up taking a back seat and losing out.

I’ve found that the best way to improve how design is perceived inside of any given team is to view it as a constant process of education and awareness. It’s not a simple thing that can be changed overnight, and even when some change is finally made, there’s always more work to do.

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