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Peer reviewedBodker, Susanne – Human-Computer Interaction, 1998
Discusses the design of computer applications, focusing on understanding design representations--what makes design representations work, and how, in different contexts. Examines the place of various types of representation (e.g., formal notations, models, prototypes, scenarios, and mock-ups) in design and the role of formalisms and representations…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Design Preferences
Sonnenwald, Diane H. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992
Reports on a pilot study in which a proposed design model was developed to characterize intergroup communication among designers, developers, and users. Design roles, themes, and networks based on two histories of design situations are described for several design phases; and future work is suggested. (24 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Designers, Futures (of Society), Group Dynamics
Sonnenwald, Diane H.; Lievrouw, Leah A. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Discussion of communication between designers and users of information systems focuses on a review of seven participatory design techniques in terms of the communication dimensions found in the Lievrouw and Finn communication systems model. Implications for the development of more effective and appropriate design models and methods are suggested.…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Software, Computer System Design, Designers
Download full textBiswas, Gautam; And Others – 1994
This report characterizes human problem solving in digital circuit design. Protocols of 11 different designers with varying degrees of training were analyzed by identifying the designers' problem solving strategies and discussing activity patterns that differentiate the designers. These methods are proposed as a tentative basis for assessing…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Development
Peer reviewedKensing, Finn; Simonsen, Jesper; Bodker, Keld – Human-Computer Interaction, 1998
Presents a conceptual framework and a coherent method for information-technology design in an organizational context within the participatory-design tradition. The MUST method, developed through projects in Danish and American organizations, is based on thorough participation with users and managers and combines the use of ethnographic techniques…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Cooperative Programs, Designers, Ethnography
Peer reviewedBurns, Catherine M.; Vicente, Kim J. – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Describes an empirical evaluation that investigated the criteria by which designers of human-machine systems evaluate design information. Professional designers of nuclear power plant control rooms rated hypothetical information search questions in terms of relevance, importance, cost, and effort based on Rouse's model of information search…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Correlation, Costs, Designers
