A4

Assignment 4

Due

• 1. Tuesday, 9/21; 12pm (noon) on the class website

To-Do - Preparation

Please work as a group (minimum: 2 members; max: 6 members — discuss the answers between your group members) and submit one answer as a group (clearly identifying the members of your group)

Please browse the website: http://swiki.cs.colorado.edu:3232/CHI07Design

List of Design Methodologies

• Professional-dominated design
• User-centered design
• Participatory design
• Learner-centered design
• Collaborative Design
• Meta-Design

To-Do

1. selection process: choose one of the design methodologies (not yet taken by another group) from the list (and mark it as chosen by editing this other wiki page — “first come / first served”)
2. do research (read papers, interview software designers, analyze existing systems—hint: the abovementioned wiki site contains references to resources) and answer the following specific questions for your chosen design methodology:
   1. define it
   2. characterize it
   3. identify strengths
   4. identify weaknesses
   5. identify domains and problems for which your chosen design methodology is
      1. appropriate
      2. not appropriate
3. argue why is design methodology is important (suited) or not important (suited) for human-centered computing

Create Your Response

To create your response, you should first choose a name for it (it's a good idea to have your group-name in the name)

Existing documents

• A4Team Cacti
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• A4hiphophippotomi
• A4Fischer Aparicio
• A4Aberle Henrikson
• A4Storm Drain
• A4Leon Gibson
• A4TEAMAWESOME
• A4Team Mand J