WHAT MAKES A GOOD DESIGN QUESTION?

  • Authors:
  • Victoria Bellotti;Allan MacLean;Thomas Moran

  • Affiliations:
  • Rank Xerox EuroPARC;Rank Xerox EuroPARC;Rank Xerox EuroPARC

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGCHI Bulletin
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

Designers ask questions throughout the design process. The resulting arguments about how best to answer them are critical in justifying solutions, but are rarely recorded. We are developing a representation of design rationale called QOC (Questions, Options and Criteria) which captures just such information (MacLean et al, 1991). It encourages evaluation of a broader range, or design space, of solutions than designers might otherwise consider.