[IxDA Discuss] Target ratios for skill sets or roles

[Katie Albers]

I would say "usability researchers" rather than usability testers. 
Testing is done with an existing artefact of some sort. A lot of the 
most important aspects of usability is done at the very beginning of 
a product cycle, things like: Are we building the right product? Does 
our thinking conform to actual needs/empty niches/felt wants/our 
users' perceptions of their own needs? How do our expected users 
conform or not to our expectations of their behavior...all of this 
and so much more goes into developing a reasonable first cut at a 
usable product with a well defined series of interactions.

Katie

At 4:17 PM -0800 12/18/07, Jerome Ryckborst wrote:
>clarification.
>
>At work (software company), we're wondering about the "typical" 
>ratio of developers to usability staff. I may as well go whole hog 
>and do a proper survey.
>
>Is this an appropriate list of roles?
>
>   - Interface/interaction designers.
>   - Usability testers.
>   - Software developers.
>   - QA-testers.
>   - Technical communicators.
>   - Product managers.
>   - Development managers.
>   - Project managers.
>   - Subject-matter experts (customer domain, not software).
>
>Please e-mail me any missing roles. I'll set up a survey and then 
>invite you all to respond.
>
>-=- Jerome
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Katie Albers
User Experience Consulting & Project Management
katie at firstthought.com