From description to requirements: an activity theoretic perspective.

Turner, Phil; Turner, Susan; Horton, Julie

Abstract

This paper demonstrates how activity theoretic concepts
can be used in conjunction with an ethnographically
informed approach to derive requirements on a work
situation. We present a case study based on a series of
collaborative design episodes, the structured description
derived from it and show how a preliminary set of
contextually-grounded requirements on supporting the
design process can be created.

Citation

Turner, P., Turner, S., & Horton, J. (1999). From description to requirements: an activity theoretic perspective. Proceedings of Group’99, 285-295

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 1999
• Deposit Date: Sep 17, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 17, 2010
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 285-295
• Keywords: Activity theory; ethnography; requirements; contextualanalysis; WWW
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3119
• Contract Date: Sep 17, 2010