Maximizing the Improv in Product, Service, or Process Improvement: When the Crowd Is Both Developer and User

Posted May 31, 2011 | |

NOT TOO FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

A young girl stands, hands clasped behind her back, as she watches her teacher scan a written report she's just turned in. "I think you'll be delightfully surprised by the quality of my work on this assignment -- I crowdsourced it." The cartoon may bring a chuckle, but for some engineering teams at Schlumberger, crowdsourcing is proving an appropriate tool for innovating or improving on products, services, or processes that these teams both develop and subsequently use.

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Michael Carney

Andrew Muddimer

Andrew Muddimer is Chief Usability Architect for Schlumberger's Information Solutions segment. He orchestrated the first formal usability group inside this organization and manages a team of usability specialists at its technology centers around the world. He graduated from Loughborough University (UK) with a degree focusing on requirements gathering and prototyping techniques, beginning his career at Schlumberger soon afterward as an ergonomist… Read More

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Maximizing the Improv in Product, Service, or Process Improvement: When the Crowd Is Both Developer and User

NOT TOO FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

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