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The nature of the design process has been an abiding interest for theorists and practitioners of all design and engineering disciplines. In the case of information systems design, this interest has been developing against the background of a growing body of “technical” and “nontechnical” knowledge about the design of such systems and a corpus of examples of large-scale information systems engineering projects. It is now recognised that successful information systems development needs to be underpinned by a clear focus on the situations of use and the needs of users.
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Thomas, P.J. (1996). Introduction: CSCW Requirements and Analysis. In: Thomas, P.J. (eds) CSCW Requirements and Evaluation. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3056-7_1
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