Workshop # 3
Objectives
In most fields, design activities have, from the very beginning, been the work of groups. Until recently, however, design models and theories have focussed on the design process used by designers working alone.
The socio-technical rationalization of the design process has reinforced the links between the various actors who possess the heterogeneous knowledge, techniques and logic behind their actions. This rationalization thus puts multi-expertise at the heart of the global design process. Not only do the actors need to properly co-ordinate their work, they are now obliged to cooperate in their design tasks, using organizational concepts such as concurrent engineering, integrated teams and project-based design.
It is this evolution in design that provides the rationale behind our workshop. It is now obvious that there is a need to produce collective-design models and to determine the appropriate methods for analysing these situations.
The workshop objectives are to improve our knowledge (theories and models) in the field of collective design, and based on that, to improve the capabilities of design tools used by designers working collectively.
To reach these objectives, it is necessary to understand the role played by the cognitive, socio-cognitive and socio-technical aspects in collective design situations. The COOP conference thus provides the ideal meeting place for researchers who are currently working on these issues, to share their ideas on this multi-disciplinary topic.
Issues
The rationale of the workshop is to show the variety of models that are built to account for collective design. We first want to identify the areas that are covered, and those that need investigating. Secondly, we want to contrast the various methods that are used to produce the models. We want more than informing each other about the current state-of-the-art. The idea is to reveal the variety of models that exists and to analyse the dimensions on which they differ and the sources of these variations. Some of the questions that could be addressed are : - What do we know about collaborative design and how do we know it? What are the foundations of this knowledge ? - What are the data (video, drawings, reports, interview, etc.) used to analyse the collective design processes in order to build the models ? - How much of validation of the models and theoretical statements has taken place? - How well are the models linked, i.e. in how far do we build upon each other's work? - What is the experience with the various analysis methods used, and what are the limitations? - What are the issues that need addressing, and what analysis method would this require? Being studied: Publication of some of the papers in a magazine Special Issue. Participants
About 12 to 15 participants will be accepted based on their submission, to enable intensive discussion. A number of participants will be asked to present their research (presentation of a model or an analysis method). Submission Procedure
Speakers Contributions are invited in the form of an extended abstract (5 to 8 pages). The title page should include name, affiliation, and e-mail address of the authors. These submissions will be reviewed by three referees. These will be published in the conference complement proceedings. Other participants Those interested in participating in this workshop are requested to make themselves known by sending a brief report of their research in design (one page max.). A selection will be made by the organising committee in line with the maximum number of participants. Submissions (extended abstracts and brief reports) have to be sent to : Françoise Darses, Laboratoire d'Ergonomie, CNAM, Paris, France, (darses@cnam.fr) (preferably as attachment in Word 5.1 for MacIntosh). Important Dates
Submission deadline: March, 1st. Notification of acceptance: March, 25 Camera (Web)-ready: April, 10 Workshop: May 23, 2000, Full day Organising Committee
For more scientific information about the workshop, contact any of the organising committee member: Lucienne Blessing, Engineering Design Centre, Cambridge University, UK (lsb@eng.cam.ac.uk) Christian Brassac, Laboratoire de Psychologie de l'Interaction (LPI-GRC), Université de Nancy 2, France (brassac@clsh.univ-nancy2.fr) Françoise Darses, Laboratoire d'Ergonomie, CNAM, Paris, France, (darses@cnam.fr) Willemien Visser, Projet EIFFEL, INRIA, France (Willemien.Visser@inria.fr) Eckart Frankenberger, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Darmstadt, Germany, (Eckart.Frankenberger@de.heidelberg.com) Program Committee
L. Blessing , Cambridge University, UK C. Brassac, Université de Nancy 2, France F. Darses
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W. Visser, INRIA, France
E. Frankenberger, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Germany
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