Discussion topics for the DSV-IS ‘98 working groups

Abstract

On the first day of the DSV-IS’98 workshop, the participants were split randomly into three working groups. The groups were given three design problems to work on. The intention was that these design problems should provide the focal point for discussions. This document presents the three design problems put up for discussion. The next chapters of this book present the reports of the three working groups.

The problems presented in this document were chosen from the current research literature. It was intended that they should depart from the well-studied desk-top computer applications. A design solution was not anticipated or solicited. Rather, our intention was that these design problems should prompt participants to reflect on the role of models (of users, tasks, devices, contexts) in supporting the design of interactive systems, how they are recruited for a particular design problem and who are their envisaged users. Also, working groups were invited to work on their own problems if this would help highlight the issues they considered as interesting for the workshop.