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[–] Spike@feddit.de 33 points 1 year ago (4 children)

uhmm... users are stakeholders

[–] Matumb0@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And that is, why it is important to know the difference of stake- and shareholders. But it is a great mistake to learn from.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

If only decision makers would ever recognize the mistake in the first place.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but they never come to sprint planning so 🤷

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't designate a user advocate or at least have a representative of Trust & Safety to advice on development?

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, my comment was a joke too, darling. We know that no one on project management cares enough to actually have proper user advocates on the dev team.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd prefer a well equipped UX research team tbh. "Advocate" is one of those job titles that screams "my role is poorly defined"

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

UX and UI aren't magic bullets. They constantly come up with and approve the most anti-user crap. They are just as disconnected from the actual user base as a database engineer.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

UX and UI design is not the same as a UX research team. Different disciplines entirely.

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think they meant shareholders

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

not necessarily. Your "stakeholders" on the deal/contract that interface with product and success managers could all be VPs who never use the product.

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. A stakeholder is anyone with an interest in the project. Where you consider the importance of a particular stakeholder vs another is a different question.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That doesn't sound like a very helpful or useful definition in day to day operations.

Meh. It is what it is though. That's why you have stakeholder analysis.