NDLI: How much participation is enough?: a comparison of six participatory design projects in terms of outcomes

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Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Whittle, Jon
Abstract	This paper considers the relationship between depth of participation (i.e., the effort and resources invested in participation) versus (tangible) outcomes. The discussion is based on experiences from six participatory research projects of different sizes and durations all taking place within a two year period and all aiming to develop new digital technologies to address an identified social need. The paper asks the fundamental question: how much participation is enough? That is, it challenges the notion that more participation is necessarily better, and, by using the experience of these six projects, it asks whether a more light touch or 'lean' participatory process can still achieve good outcomes, but at reduced cost. The paper concludes that participatory design researchers could consider 'agile' principles from the software development field as one way to streamline participatory processes.
Starting Page	121
Ending Page	130
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450322560
DOI	10.1145/2661435.2661445
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2014-10-06
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Co-design Participatory design Agile methods
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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How much participation is enough?: a comparison of six participatory design projects in terms of outcomes