Boundary objects in design: An ecological view of design artifacts

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 546-568

  Bergman, Mark ^a   Lyytinen, Kalle ^b   Mark, Gloria ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Design ecology; Design theory; Functional requirements; Knowledge integration; Power alignment; Social worlds; Stakeholder analysis; Systems analysis and design

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PRODUCT DESIGN; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY OBJECTS; DESIGN THEORY; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; SOCIAL WORLDS; STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN;

BRIDGES;

EID: 58149458002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00144     Document Type: Article

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