A Multidisciplinary Team Approach

No longer can design be the province of one person or even of one specialty.

While one designer may take ultimate responsibility for a product's design, he or she is not all-knowing about how to proceed. There are simply too many factors to consider when designing very complex products for less technical end users. User-centered design requires a variety of skills, knowledge, and, most importantly, information about the intended user and usage. Today, teams composed of specialists from many fields, such as engineering, marketing, training, user-interface design, human factors, and multimedia, are becoming

the norm. In turn, many of these specialists have training in complementary areas, so cross-discipline work is easier and more dynamic than ever before.