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Social thinking-software practice /

A collection of essays on the interrelationship of social science and software practice. Software practice--which includes software development, design, and use--needs to go beyond the traditional engineering framework. Drawing on a variety of social theory approaches, this book focuses on interdisc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dittrich, Yvonne, 1964-, Floyd, Christiane, Klischewski, Ralf, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction ix
  • Ralf Klischewski, Christiane Floyd, and Yvonne Dittrich
  • I Deconstructing 1
  • Christiane Floyd
  • 1 Developing and Embedding Autooperational Form 5
  • Christiane Floyd
  • 2 On Foundational Categories in Software Development 29
  • James M. Nyce and Gail Bader
  • 3 Making Use of Social Thinking: The Challenge of Bridging Activity Systems 45
  • Victor Kaptelinin
  • 4 Challenging Traditions of Inquiry in Software Practice 69
  • Hans-Erik Nissen
  • II Informing 91
  • Chris Westrup
  • 5 On Retrieving Skilled Practices: The Contribution of Ethnography to Software Development 95
  • Chris Westrup
  • 6 Representing and Modeling Collaborative Practices for Systems Development 111
  • Marina Jirotka and Paul Luff
  • 7 The Locales Framework: Making Social Thinking Accessible for Software Practitioners 141
  • Geraldine Fitzpatrick
  • 8 What Doesn't Fit: The "Residual Category" as Analytic Resource
  • 161
  • Eevi E. Beck
  • Im Grounding 181
  • Yvonne Dittrich
  • 9 On the Intertwining of Social and Technical Factors in Software Development Projects 185
  • Urs Andelfinger
  • 10 Software Practice Is Social Practice 205
  • Jacob N0rbjerg and Philip Kraft
  • 11 "Yes-What Does That Mean?" Understanding Distributed Requirements Handling 223
  • Kari Ronkk6
  • 12 Doing Empirical Research on Software Development: Finding a Path between Understanding, Intervention, and Method Development
  • 243
  • Yvonne Dittrich
  • IV Organizing 263
  • Jesper Simonsen
  • 13 Changing Work Practices in Design 267
  • Keld Bodker, Finn Kensing, and Jesper Simonsen
  • 14 Information Systems Research and Information Systems Practice in a Network of Activities 287
  • Mikko Korpela, Anja Mursu, H. Abimbola Soriyan, and Anne Eerola
  • 15 Reaching out for Commitments: Systems Development as Networking 309
  • Ralf Klischewski
  • 16 Participatory Organizational and Technological Innovation in Fragmented Work Environments 331
  • Bettina Torpel, Volker Wulf, and Helge Kahler
  • 17 Large-Scale Requirements Analysis as Heterogeneous Engineering 357
  • Mark Bergman, John Leslie King, and Kalle Lyytinen
  • V Reorienting 387
  • Olav W. Bertelsen
  • 18 Useware Design and Evolution: Bridging Social Thinking and Software Construction 391
  • Horst Oberquelle
  • 19 Discontinuities 409
  • Olav W. Bertelsen and Susanne Bodker
  • 20 Localizing Self on the Internet: Designing for "Genius Loci" in a Global Context 425
  • Sara Eriksen
  • 21 Intent, Form, and Materiality in the Design of Interaction Technology 451
  • Thomas Binder
  • List of Contributors 469
  • Index 471.