Re-Thinking Traceability: A Prototype to Record and Revisit the Evolution of Design Artefacts

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dc.contributor.authorGutierrez Lopez, Marisela
dc.contributor.authorRovelo Ruiz, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorLuyten, Kris
dc.contributor.authorHaesen, Mieke
dc.contributor.authorConinx, Karin
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-17T22:48:48Z
dc.date.available2023-03-17T22:48:48Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractKeeping track of design processes is a cumbersome task due to the apparently unconstrained and unstructured nature of creative work. Traceability is fundamental to revisit and reflect on the design narratives that describe artefact evolution. In this paper, we aim to identify what characteristics are necessary to facilitate traceability of creative design processes. For this end, we use a functional prototype to connect artefacts, design rationale, and decisions in a shared workspace. We evaluated this prototype for 15 weeks with six pairs of students engaged in a user-centered design project. Our findings show that having a lean repository of artefacts annotated with design rationale can facilitate tracking progress in different phases of the process. We found that creating a record of the participants' design work is useful to reflect on and for team agreement, ensure consistency of evolving artefacts, and help in planning future steps in the design project.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/3148330.3148334
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4535
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
dc.subjectdesign artefacts
dc.subjectuser-centered design
dc.subjecttraceability
dc.titleRe-Thinking Traceability: A Prototype to Record and Revisit the Evolution of Design Artefactsen
dc.typeText/Conference Paper
gi.citation.startPage196–208
gi.conference.locationSanibel Island, Florida, USA

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