A4TeamCacti

A4TeamCacti

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 the wiki page with the list of options — “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:

Define your chosen design methodology.

FROM LUKE

Characterize your chosen design methodology.

FROM LUKE

What are the strengths of your selected methodology?

Meta-design allows tools to grow and evolve with how their user's interact with them, instead of requiring the interference of a developer to make changes. This allows systems to change organically to be more efficient. As a user gets more skilled in working (both in their job and a particular tool) their habits and patterns of use will change.

What are the weaknesses of your selected methodology?

For what domains or problems is your selected design methodology appropriate?

For what domains or problems is your selected design methodology inappropriate?

Why is design methodology important (suited) or not important (suited) for human-centered computing?