Comments on: Why "users" is a dirty word http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2005/11/why-users-is-dirty-word.html Thoughts on BPM, collaboration, analytics and information management, technology trends and the business value of IT Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:21:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joining Dots http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2005/11/why-users-is-dirty-word.html/comment-page-1#comment-33 Joining Dots Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:47:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2005/11/08/why-users-is-a-dirty-word/#comment-33 I have always hated the word 'user' 'cos I find people tend to associate it with drugs... it just sounds a bit tainted. Trouble is, what's the better alternative? 'The business' isn't generic enough. I try to remind IT depts that their 'users' are their customers and should be treated as they themselves expect to be treated when the shoe is on the other foot. It is a point too easily forgotten when defining system requirements. I have always hated the word ‘user’ ‘cos I find people tend to associate it with drugs… it just sounds a bit tainted. Trouble is, what’s the better alternative? ‘The business’ isn’t generic enough. I try to remind IT depts that their ‘users’ are their customers and should be treated as they themselves expect to be treated when the shoe is on the other foot. It is a point too easily forgotten when defining system requirements.

]]> By: Joining Dots http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2005/11/why-users-is-dirty-word.html/comment-page-1#comment-34 Joining Dots Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:47:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2005/11/08/why-users-is-a-dirty-word/#comment-34 I have always hated the word 'user' 'cos I find people tend to associate it with drugs... it just sounds a bit tainted. Trouble is, what's the better alternative? 'The business' isn't generic enough. I try to remind IT depts that their 'users' are their customers and should be treated as they themselves expect to be treated when the shoe is on the other foot. It is a point too easily forgotten when defining system requirements. I have always hated the word ‘user’ ‘cos I find people tend to associate it with drugs… it just sounds a bit tainted. Trouble is, what’s the better alternative? ‘The business’ isn’t generic enough. I try to remind IT depts that their ‘users’ are their customers and should be treated as they themselves expect to be treated when the shoe is on the other foot. It is a point too easily forgotten when defining system requirements.

]]> By: James Governor http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2005/11/why-users-is-dirty-word.html/comment-page-1#comment-31 James Governor Wed, 09 Nov 2005 14:27:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2005/11/08/why-users-is-a-dirty-word/#comment-31 well i have a bugbear about "enterprise"<br/><br/>i thought we were going to try and get applistructure shitcanned, and now you go to war against soft targets like ESB and user? <br/><br/>fyi - jon udell posted something similar aq few months ago well i have a bugbear about “enterprise”

i thought we were going to try and get applistructure shitcanned, and now you go to war against soft targets like ESB and user?

fyi – jon udell posted something similar aq few months ago

]]> By: James Governor http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2005/11/why-users-is-dirty-word.html/comment-page-1#comment-32 James Governor Wed, 09 Nov 2005 14:27:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2005/11/08/why-users-is-a-dirty-word/#comment-32 well i have a bugbear about "enterprise"<br/><br/>i thought we were going to try and get applistructure shitcanned, and now you go to war against soft targets like ESB and user? <br/><br/>fyi - jon udell posted something similar aq few months ago well i have a bugbear about “enterprise”

i thought we were going to try and get applistructure shitcanned, and now you go to war against soft targets like ESB and user?

fyi – jon udell posted something similar aq few months ago

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