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Constraining and Creating Solutions – Reflections on the Analysis of Early Design

Constraining and Creating Solutions – Reflections on the Analysis of Early Design

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Abstract

This research explores how an existing analytic framework (the cognitive dimensions framework) for interactive digital design reflects knowledge relevant to exploring the design space. The work examines this idea through the analysis of the transcripts of three digital design collaborative workshops run as part of "Studying Professional Software Design". Expert deliberation within these workshops is assessed and related to the analytic framework. The cognitive dimension framework has not been applied to observational data of this sort before. However, the approach described in this paper appears to provide a viable means of analysis. In conclusion we demonstrate that approaching observational data in this manner is not highly complex but is sufficient to provide useful insights. Reflections from the resulting analysis shed light on the interests and tensions evident in early stages of digital product design.

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  • user centred development
  • early design decisions
  • cognitive dimensions

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  1. Culture, Communication and Computing Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB, United Kingdom

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  1. IRIT, Université Paul Sabatier, France

    Marco Winckler

  2. Computer Science Department, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 21, D-18051, Rostock, Germany

    Peter Forbrig

  3. ICS-IRIT, University Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse Cedex 9, France

    Regina Bernhaupt

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Roast, C. (2012). Constraining and Creating Solutions – Reflections on the Analysis of Early Design. In: Winckler, M., Forbrig, P., Bernhaupt, R. (eds) Human-Centered Software Engineering. HCSE 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7623. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34347-6_8

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