Structured tools and conditional logic: an empirical investigation
Communications of the ACM
Cognitive Fit: An Empirical Study of Recursion and Iteration
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
The effect of information presentation on decision making: a cost-benefit analysis
Information and Management
Mental representations of spatial language
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Graph of triangulations of a convex polygon and tree of triangulations
Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications
Mental imagery in program design and visual programming
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Best of empirical studies of programmers 7
Distributed cognition: toward a new foundation for human-computer interaction research
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) - Special issue on human-computer interaction in the new millennium, Part 2
Effects of task-modality fit on user performance
Decision Support Systems - Decision-making and E-commerce systems
Information Processing and Human-Machine Interaction: An Approach to Cognitive Engineering
Information Processing and Human-Machine Interaction: An Approach to Cognitive Engineering
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special issue: Interactive graphical communication
Effects of multimedia on document browsing and navigation: an exploratory empirical investigation
Information and Management
Human Problem Solving
Cognitive fit in requirements modeling: a study of object and process methodologies
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
The qualitative interview in IS research: Examining the craft
Information and Organization
A model of design decision making based on empirical results of interviews with software designers
Information and Software Technology
Understanding Conceptual Schemas: Exploring the Role of Application and IS Domain Knowledge
Information Systems Research
The impacts of user review on software responsiveness: Moderating requirements uncertainty
Information and Management
International Journal of Business Information Systems
International Journal of Business Information Systems
Assessing and improving the front end activities of software development
International Journal of Business Information Systems
Intra-operative decision making: More than meets the eye
Journal of Biomedical Informatics
International Journal of Business Information Systems
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The contemporary trend of utilising rapid and agile methodologies in systems development indicates the importance of the iterative refinement of the representation of user problems, which usually begins with an inadequate representation of the actual problems. Although the iterative element is a well-acknowledged process among practitioners, it has yet to be incorporated in general theories of problem solving. This study performs a qualitative analysis on the development tasks of 11 respondents utilising the cognitive fit theory CFT as a lens to uncover the iterative nature of systems development as a problem solving task. The present study suggests the explicit inclusion of iterative elements into the CFT by modifying the theory. The study finds that while problem representations do inform the formation of mental representation and affect problem solving performance through a typical input-process-output flow, iterative processes also occur when mental representation affects problem representations. Additionally, the findings of the present study also establish three further branch-out models, based upon the modified CFT, to cater for specific circumstances: the cognitive fit model with learning; the cognitive fit model for recurring tasks; and the cognitive fit model for decision making triggered tasks.