Varieties of user-centredness: An analysis of four systems development methods

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-153

  Iivari, Juhani ^a   Iivari, Netta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Human centred design; Personalization; User involvement; User participation; User centred design; Work centred design

Indexed keywords

HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN; PERSONALIZATION; USER INVOLVEMENT; USER PARTICIPATION; USER-CENTRED DESIGN; WORK-CENTRED DESIGN;

DESIGN;

EID: 79551491197     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2010.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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