the interragation room or usability testing?
on my drive into work this morning i listened to NPR……
which of course tells me about this suicide bomber and that as well as the newest and latest issues with interrogation…it had me thinking what do usability engineers and interrogators have in common?
the art of developing a question right?
“The objective of any interrogation is to obtain the maximum amount of usable information possible in the least amount of time.” globalsecurity.org
i know professionally a usability engineer may not want to be grouped into the same category as an interrogator but let us take a minute to break this theory out….
an interrogator is trained in: human psychology and the art of question creation and asking
a usability engineer is trained in: human psychology the art of question creation and asking
i don’t know this but i don’t think an interrogator is trained in the art of brutal intimidation but i could be wrong and this of course would be the glaring difference between the two disciplines….
it is an interesting topic and an interesting debate
i am curious to what people may say….
i add this link to an article put out by boxes and arrows which is about the quick and dirty usability test. when you read this article it becomes clear that the process and the method between interrogation and user testing are VERY VERY different but what i am comparing is the art of creating the question could these two professionals actually help each other define the art of questioning?