Empowering end users in design of mobile technology using role play as a method: Reflections on the role-play conduction

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5619 LNCS, Issue , 2009, Pages 912-921

  Seland, Gry ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Role play; User involvement

Indexed keywords

DESIGN WORKSHOPS; END USERS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; ROLE PLAY; USER INVOLVEMENT; USER NEED;

MOBILE DEVICES; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

DESIGN;

EID: 70350240018     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02806-9_105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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