Contextual Design in Information Systems - a participatory Approach Based on Understanding Practices, Meanings and Challenges?
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This paper is a comment on Contextual Design, a method frame proposed by Beyer & Holtzblatt (1998) for redesigning work in conjunction with developing technological support for this work. It is scrutinized in which ways Contextual Design is a participatory approach and in which ways Contextual Design is suitable for capturing practices, meanings and challenges in the work environments to be redesigned.
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