Technology choice as a first step in design: The interplay of procedural and sensemaking processes

Proceedings of the Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 224-234

  Bergman, Mark ^a   Mark, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Organizations; Project choice; Requirements analysis; Sensemaking; Technology choice

Indexed keywords

DECISION CONSENSUS; DESIGN ORGANIZATIONS; DESIGN TEAM; FIELD WORKS; PROJECT DESIGNS; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; SENSEMAKING; SENSEMAKING ACTIVITIES; TECHNOLOGY CHOICES; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION;

DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77953042000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/778712.778744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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