Involving users early on in the design process: Closing the gap between mobile information services and their users

Electronic Markets

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-42

  Van De Kar, Elisabeth ^a   Den Hengst, Mariëlle ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Group support systems; Mobile services; Requirement engineering; User centred design

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951849845     PISSN: 10196781     EISSN: 14228890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12525-008-0002-y     Document Type: Article

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