Mission Statement: Ovo Studios

Mission Statement: Medium Companies

Results

Discussion

The majority of practitioners from medium-sized companies reported well-defined mission statements.

Here are some examples of comments that fell into this category:

actually, there is no recognization of usability -- the development team are chartered to do design. I am a developer with background in industrial design, I stepped up to do the design.
To identify and evaluate usability problems within the company's user documentation and online help products, and make recommendations
Create information architecture for websites and conduct appropriate usability testing to evaluate those sites.

The labels on the x-axis refer to the following categories from our item analysis:

Well Defined Team	These mission statements enumerate roles and responsibilities, as well as how the UCD team fits into the corporate structure and strategy.
Definition In Progress	These mission statements mainly focus on activities that the team performs or what the members specialize in.
No Clear Definition	These are mission statements which state very little about what the goals of the team are, and might only list the titles of the team members.

Original Question

(4) Briefly describe the makeup of your usability team. Include number of team members, your mission, and the specialties that are represented on your team:

Number of team members:

The Team's Mission and/or Responsibilities:

Specialties represented on your usability team:
Usability specialist
User interface designer
Developer
Graphic artist
Information developer
Other: