Human Technology : 2010, Volume 6, Number 1
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Using Rationale to Assist Student Cognitive and Intellectual Development
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2010)One of the questions posed at the National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored workshop on Creativity and Rationale in Software Design was on the role of rationale in supporting idea generation in the classroom. College ... -
The Practice Level in Participatory Design Rationale: Studying Practitioner Moves and Choices
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2010)Most research in design rationale focuses on specific tools, methods, models, or artifacts. There has been relatively little attention to the practice level of design rationale work: the human experience of working with ... -
Promoting Group Creativity in Upstream Requirements Engineering
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2010)The upstream stage of requirements engineering (RE) focuses primarily on determining high-level organizational requirements. Upstream RE provides perhaps the best opportunity to instill creativity into the design process, ... -
Juxtaposing Design Representations for Creativity
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2010)This paper argues that the influence of design rationale on creativity is best achieved by concurrent use of scenarios, prototypes and models. A framework of cognitive affordances is introduced to discuss the merits and ... -
Critical Conversations: Feedback as a Stimulus to a Creativity in Software Design
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2010)Three decades of creating software to support design rationale showed the author how rationale processes can promote generation of novel ideas. Rationale can promote creative design by promoting critical conversations among ... -
Human Technology, 2010 VOLUME 6, NUMBER 1 (The entire issue) : Special Issue on Creativity and Rationale in Software Design
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Guest Editor's Introduction: The Essential Tension of Creativity and Rationale in Software Design
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From the Editor in Chief: The Right Concepts for the Right Problems
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Does Design Rationale Enhance Creativity?
(University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2010)Creativity and rationale are often viewed as two contrasting facets in software design. A lack in recognizing the facilitative relationship between creativity and rationale not only underestimates the benefits designers ...