Contextual inquiry: A participatory technique for system design

Participatory Design: Principles and Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 177-210

  Holtzblatt, Karen ^a   Jones, Sandra ^b  

^a In Context Enterprises   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE SYSTEM; CONTEXTUAL INQUIRY;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 85052770585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203744338     Document Type: Chapter

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