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Re: Should users have a say in the software development process?

I am reminded of an exercise we did years ago. The idea, proved to my satisfaction, was that the group always found a better solution to a problem than any single member of the group. 


Tom Jedrzejewicz wrote:

On 3/19/06, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=171658

Alan Cooper sounds like a smart guy.

"Users dont know what they want."

"Software is too complex, to difficult, to costly to let users have
anything to do with it!"


Actually, this arrogance, not intelligence.
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Tom Jedrzejewicz
tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx

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