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Working towards an open source design approach for the development of collaborative design projects

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OZCHI '09: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group: Design: Open 24/7

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1738826.1738876

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At its core the act of designing begins with an idea that develops over time to shape the creation of a product or service that meets a distinct purpose. Characteristically, a select group of designers, key stakeholders and possibly end-users of a product work together to facilitate the design process. However, if understood with respect to the development of an open source project, open design projects can potentially involve any number of global participants that contribute to the online development of a product's voluntary advancement.

In this paper I consider if the concept of open source development can be extended to collaborative interaction design practices. In doing so, I argue that effective open design processes for designing interactive experiences need to be developed and propose a way in which online communication tools and rationale instances can be used to share the iterative direction of open design decisions.

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Working towards an open source design approach for the development of collaborative design projects
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development techniques
      1. Software prototyping
    2. Software post-development issues
      1. Software evolution

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OZCHI '09: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group: Design: Open 24/7

November 2009

445 pages

ISBN:9781605588544

DOI:10.1145/1738826

Conference Chair:
Marcus Foth
Queensland University of Technology
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Jesper Kjeldskov
Aalborg University
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Jeni Paay
CSIRO

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