I mentioned that my form of Human-Centered Design includes a period of
observation, of making, and then of testing. (With ideation stuck in there
along the way). And the whole process iterates. Others have come back to
say this is a common theme, such as CDIO. Or that it is related to the
process UC does. Or that ...
Yes, of course. I never said i invented the process: I learned it.
You could say this is what creative people have done for thousands of years
-- writers, artists, musicians, scientists, engineers, and even some
designers.
Observe the world, get some ideas, build them, or sketch them, or write
them down, then test by asking others to read, listen. use them. Then go
back and refine the ideas, or even rethink the whole set of assumptions.
My point was not to claim any sort of priority or authority, but to argue
that the oscillation between quantitative, formal, rigorous means of
thought and analysis and qualitative, subjective, impressionistic means of
thought has been common among all disciplines for millennia (despite those
formalist thinkers who would prefer to deny that they ever use those
sloppy, fuzzy, subjective methods themselves).
Don
*HELP:*
Please don't assume everyone understands your acronyms. I waste a lot of
time Googling to figure out what you mean.
I never heard of CDIO, but I was able to discover http://www.cdio.org/ . I
have little idea of what UC refers to: University of Calcutta? California,
Christmas? Universal Confusion? It would really help if people would spell
out acronyms, at least upon first usage, and/or provide URLs.
All this while trimming your tails.
Don
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