[IxDA Discuss] The bible for UCD?

[Wilson, Russell]

Thanks Dave!

No, not dying in one month (I hope!).

Just a book to get started on... and then
move into others. 

I didn't mean to infer that a single book
could serve all needs and cover all topics. 
I just wanted some good recommendations to
begin with and to validate my own choices.

Thanks,
Russ



  

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If I could tell someone to read only one book, I would have to say it is
the "design of everyday things" by Don Norman.
It is not a how-to, but it is a why-to book that is so important before
you start doing.

My big question to Russell would be, why 1-book? Is the person dying in
a month?

If time collapsing is really key then I think one of the week-long
seminars that Adaptive Path, NN/G and of course UIE offers (disclaimer,
I'm a presenter at UIE this October). There are also the Cooper and
InContext courses which are very how-to centric.

Anyway, DoET is definitely my primary recommended book.

-- dave



Mark Schraad wrote:
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> Russell,
>
> Depends upon your goal. I assume that by UCD, you mean User Centered 
> Design and not Usability. If that is the situation, and you are trying

> to make the case for UCD, then the first three chapters of "the 
> inmates are running the asylum" are as good as it gets. Though there 
> is very little in the way of "how to" in either that book or "About 
> Face".
>
> There are many models you can use for analysis, the human factors 
> model, Norman's design and user principles work... plus his later 
> emotional component, there is Patrick Jordan's early work regarding 
> Pleasurability, plus behavioral, cognitive, humanist, social and 
> cybernetics theories. Then you get to ethnography and education theory

> with early work from Lorenz, Tinbergen, Frisch and Edward Hall.
>
> Not only are we in an embryonic and evolving evolving science/ 
> practice - it is way more cross disciplinary than most designers 
> realize. To ask for "the bible" is a challenge. To short cut the 
> learning curve of UCD, is at best a misdirection. Many of the people 
> you read on this forum have had years of education, teaching and 
> practice just to get to the point of understanding and discussion, 
> much less those that advance the field.
>
> Sorry for the rant, but all too many designers just want the elevator 
> pitch... for that:
>
> "Research, design, test - repeat as necessary. Results will vary"
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On Jul 10, 2006, at 8:50 AM, Wilson, Russell wrote:
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>> What would be considered "the bible" on UCD?
>> (if there is such a thing)
>>
>> I've got a few good books, but want to recommend a single book to an 
>> employee.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Russ
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Russell Wilson | Director of Product Design NetQoS, Inc. | 5001 Plaza

>> on the Lake, Austin, TX 78746
>> 512.334.3725 | russell.wilson at netqos.com
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