Distributed participatory design

  • Authors:
  • Karin Danielsson;Amir M. Naghsh;Dorina Gumm;Andrew Warr

  • Affiliations:
  • Umea University, Umea, Sweden;Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom;University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany;Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Over the years a consensus has developed that involving users directly in the software development process can lead to more useful and usable systems. This has found its clearest expression in the Participatory Design (PD) movement. However, a limitation of PD is that it has primarily focused on project stakeholders being co-located, whereas in recent years we are starting to see software development projects involve more distributed collaborations. This workshop is aimed at researchers and practitioners with an interest to overcome the challenges of performing PD in distributed design teams. Several critical issues need examination in order to understand the usefulness and constraints of distributed participatory design (DPD).