Theatre as an intermediary between users and CHI designers

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 111-116

  Newell, A F ^a   Morgan, M E ^a   Gregor, P ^a   Carmichael, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drama; Ethnography; Requirements gathering; Theatre; Usability testing

Indexed keywords

DRAMA; ETHNOGRAPHY; REQUIREMENTS GATHERING; THEATRE; USABILITY TESTING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; RESEARCH; THEATERS;

DESIGN;

EID: 34547488032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1125451.1125479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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