Selecting users for participation in IT projects: Trading a representative sample for advocates and champions?

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-187

  Rasmussen, Rasmus ^a   Christensen, Anders S ^a   Fjeldsted, Tobias ^a   Hertzum, Morten ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

System champions; User advocates; User participation; User representatives; User selection

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

SYSTEM CHAMPIONS; USER ADVOCATES; USER PARTICIPATION; USER REPRESENTATIVES; USER SELECTION;

SURVEYS;

EID: 79953054190     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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