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Distributed value system matrix: a new use for distributed usability testing

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Walls, Douglas
Abstract	In this paper, I make the case that User-Centered Design (UCD) principles, specifically those principles that view design through the lens of distributed usability, should be at the center of research into how organizations determine and value writing work. Based in activity theory, my argument for such an approach is that UCD principles, grounded in notions of Distributed Usability, function well as a research method to determine organizational values that may be invisible or ill defined. Activity theory as it currently stands contains but does not foreground what and how an organization values as good writing for a particular situation. By using activity theory and distributed usability to develop what I call a Distributed Value System Matrix, organizations would be able to see how differing documents may be doing the same work within and between different contexts. Such knowledge should be of great value for smaller organizations where members often engage in a variety of writing tasks and for professional writers who move project to project, context to context. I include a brief example of what such a research project looks like in an academic context.
Starting Page	256
Ending Page	262
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781595935885
DOI	10.1145/1297144.1297201
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2007-10-22
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Activity theory Distributed value system matrix Collaboration Institutional value Writing Distributed usability
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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