Fresh: ask Doctor Usability

XIV.5 September + October 2007
Page: 9
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Chain of command


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Dr. Usability

Dear Dr. Usability, I recently interviewed at a company with a small design team, and they asked me where I thought user-interface work should report in the company. I have about five years of experience, and my team has mostly reported through the engineering management chain. Whenever there was a dispute between one of us designers and an engineer, the engineer won. Every time. At one point I reported in through product marketing, but that didn't last long enough for me to tell whether it was a good idea. Is there any structure that works? Beleaguered in Belgrade Dear…




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