business

JOB: Hot Studio New York is hiring a Principal of Strategy!

Please visit http://www.ixda.org/jobs/principal-strategy/25478 for more information.

[EVENT] IxDA NYC - Thu July 16 - IDEO “Business Design Meets Interaction Design”

DUANE BRAY, interaction designer and head of Digital Media for IDEO, and
RYAN JACOBY, who leads IDEO’s Business Design discipline, will co-lead a
discussion about the intersection of interaction and business design.
Drawing on examples from IDEO’s past work as well as inspirational stories
elsewhere in the world, the two will consider the question of how
interaction and business designers approach problems, how the relationship
between the two disciplines has changed, and how collaboration can lead to
rich user experiences and business solutions.

RSVP

Biz models and design Shaun Inman's Fever

On Jun 18, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Vishal Iyer wrote:

> Business model is most definitely *not* a part of design

Wow. This statement made me choke on my ale (I'm in London).

Business model is definitely part of the customer experience, as Jeff
Bezos so admirably pointed out:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_09/b4121034637296.htm
""Internally, customer service is a component of customer experience,"
he says.

Use Case / Requirements Management Tools

Hi Everyone,

My company is currently looking into tools to manage use cases and
requirements.

Since these terms can mean a wide variety of things I'll give an example of
how we're using them:

*Requirement:* The product should be secure and protect the safety and
privacy of the user.
*Use Case:* The user logs on to the system.
*Sub-use case/scenario:* The user has mistyped their password while logging
in.
*Associated features: *Login screen, password security feedback, lost
password functionality, error feedback system.
*Associated users/actors: *Child, parent, administrator

We are developi

More Design Thinking & Strategic Design

*Another Blog Posting on Design Thinking & Management from Fast Company. *

"Is the Design Revolution Here? Can Designers get to the top of a publicly
traded company?

In the past months I've read several articles and blogs about the
possibility that Jonathan Ive, SVP of Industrial Design at Apple, could
succeed Steve Jobs as CEO. As far as I can tell this is only a rumor, but it
prompts the questions: Is corporate America ready for the design revolution?
Can designers be CEOs?