[IxDA Discuss] Rationale for *not* using UCD

[Jared M. Spool]

On Feb 1, 2007, at 2:02 PM, maya gorton wrote:

> The only reason i can think of to not use UCD is that you want
> something done fast and cheap and that -- as the name implies -- your
> users are not a priority.

The other reason to not use UCD is that you have the skills and  
talents necessary to produce a great design without it. Turns out,  
those skills and talents exist.

For the record, I don't have them. But I've met several people who  
do. And I've come to the conclusion that bogging them down with UCD  
doesn't improve their results.

Along the same lines, just because you use UCD doesn't mean you  
produce a great design. By any stretch of the imagination. (One need  
to look no further than Redmond...)

Jared