Rigour at a trotting pace: A story from the user-centred design of smart Internet technologies
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We detail the tussle between the rigour and effectiveness of user studies for the user-centred design of technologies, drawing on the authors’ experience within a UCD team. This discussion is as much a challenge between UCD researchers coming from different disciplines as it is between the UCD team and the technologists.
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