Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Reference Hub4
Supporting Empathetic Boundary Spanning in Participatory Workshops with Scenarios and Personas

Supporting Empathetic Boundary Spanning in Participatory Workshops with Scenarios and Personas

Anna Salmi, Päivi Pöyry-Lassila, Juha Kronqvist
Copyright: © 2012 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 19
ISSN: 1941-6237|EISSN: 1941-6245|EISBN13: 9781466610705|DOI: 10.4018/jaci.2012100102
Cite Article Cite Article

MLA

Salmi, Anna, et al. "Supporting Empathetic Boundary Spanning in Participatory Workshops with Scenarios and Personas." IJACI vol.4, no.4 2012: pp.21-39. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaci.2012100102

APA

Salmi, A., Pöyry-Lassila, P., & Kronqvist, J. (2012). Supporting Empathetic Boundary Spanning in Participatory Workshops with Scenarios and Personas. International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI), 4(4), 21-39. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaci.2012100102

Chicago

Salmi, Anna, Päivi Pöyry-Lassila, and Juha Kronqvist. "Supporting Empathetic Boundary Spanning in Participatory Workshops with Scenarios and Personas," International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI) 4, no.4: 21-39. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaci.2012100102

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite Full-Issue Download

Abstract

This paper examines the employment of design methods in combination with SimLab™ process simulation method in the context of developing IT-based support and processes for the fuzzy-front end innovation in a real-world organizational setting. The authors bring together theories and concepts from the fields of design studies and knowledge management across boundaries. They use these theories, rooted in the practice-based perspective, as analytical lenses in the case study. Acting at the interface of different knowledge domains, the authors look into the role of empathy-laden boundary objects as potential enablers of boundary spanning. The authors present empirically grounded findings from an ongoing research project with an emphasis on the methods and techniques employed. Their empirical data consists of recorded and transcribed group discussions from a participatory workshop, and individual thematic interviews have been used as raw material for constructing the process map, personas and scenarios (the boundary objects). The data was analyzed applying qualitative content analysis with an interpretative approach. Their findings are explored more closely in the article.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.