[IxDA Discuss] designer/programmer ratio?

[John Schrag]

If one of the goals of your project is to be really innovative, you'll
probably need a higher ratio than that, more like 1:5.  We had one
project where the ratio was 1:1 (2 interaction designers, 2 coders, one
graphic designer part time, plus technical management.  Amazing results,
but a rare, rare opportunity.)

-john schrag
Autodesk, Toronto


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Yes, I agree. My 10yrs+ experience at large companies (100, 3000, 30000
employees) indicates a desired ration of 1:10 between UX and
programmers. Everything less than that drives your product towards the
techie edge of the scale.
-Matthias

PS: A book chapter on this subject (in German) at
http://www.mprove.de/script/03/hanser/Kapitel4.html

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