Design methodology

Draft

Definition

• Design methodology tells what methodology to use in order to build things.

See also:

• Design science for an overview

Design methodologies

This section needs to be written. For the moment follow links below

Artifacts and design rules

• Design languages, i.e. the tools used to describe artifacts, e.g. educational modelling languages.
• design rules, i.e. one kind of output

Related subjects and fields

• Instructional design methods
• In software engineering: Human-computer interaction, User-centered design
• In education and educational technology: design-based research

Relevant other disciplines

• Ethnography
• Activity theory, in particular the change laboratory method
• Cognitive load theory

Humor

(actually includes some interesting patterns of bad practice that readers seem to have experienced).

• Asshole driven development
• Tech Development Styles for Cynics

Links

• Design A series of design templates that will help to design system. From Tigris.org, Open Source Software Engineering Tools.

References

• Pertti Järvinen: On Research Methods. Tampere: Opinpajan Kirja, ISBN 952-99233-1-7 .
  • Note: This seems to be the only useful (general) methodology book related to design-oriented research. Very dense reading, but worth to buy, directly from here (no other place sells it): http://www.uta.fi/taju ... a small and friendly university bookshop (tested by me).

User interface design

• Ackroyd, S., J.A. Hughes (1981). Data Collection in Context. Longman, London, NY: 66-98.
• Bodker, S., Gronbaek, K., and Kyng, M. (1993). Cooperative design: Techniques and experiences from the Scandinavian scene. In D. Schuler & A. Namioka (Eds), Participatory Design: Principles and Practices (p. 157-175). Erlbaum, Hillsdale: NJ.
• Caroll, J.M. (1991). Designing Interactions.
• Bloomberg, J., Giacomi, J., Mosher, A., & Swenton-Hall, P. (1993). Ethnographic field methods and their relation to design. In D. Schuler & A. Namioka (Eds.), Participatory Design: Principles and Practices. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
• Carroll, J.M. (1996). Encountering Others: Reciprocal Openings in Participatory Design and User-Centered Design. Human-Computer Interaction 11: 285-290.
• Jordan, B A. Henderson (1995). Interaction Analysis: Foundations and Practice. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 4 (1), 39-103.
• Kautz, K. (1996). User Participation and Participatory Design: Topics in Computing Education. Human-Computer Interaction, 11, 267-284.
• Becker, R. (1999). Direct observation Techniques. Schuler and Namioka (eds) Jump White Papers. Participatory Design. PP. 123-157.
• Kensing, F. and J. Simonsen (1997). Using ethnography in contextual design. Communications of the ACM, 40(7), 82-88.
• Wasson, C. (2000). Ethnography in the Field of Design. Human Organization, 59(4): 377-388.

• For other references, e.g. in education, follow the links (e.g. design-based research and design science.