From Object-Oriented to Fluid Ontology: a Case Study of the Materiality of Design Work in Agile Software Development

dc.contributor.authorRoth, Wolff-Michael
dc.contributor.authorJornet, Alfredo
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-06T13:06:14Z
dc.date.available2020-06-06T13:06:14Z
dc.date.issued43132
dc.description.abstractIn much of extant research on design cooperation, design materials are approached from noun-oriented ontologies and social topologies where the notion of ‘object’ is central. There is a long history of critique concerning such ontologies, most recently coming from the anthropology of making , because they are failing to capture the dynamic and fluid aspects that characterize the living, constantly changing world that we inhabit. Though often recognized, the implications these critiques have for design cooperation research and practice have been drawn only to a limited extent. In this study, we discuss and empirically examine such implications by adopting a fluid ontology in the analysis of design cooperation. We use data from design conversations in a firm that practices extreme programming, a form of agile software development, to exhibit what theorizing design activity in terms of fluid things, fluid spaces, and continuity has to offer to practitioners and analysts.de
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10606-017-9297-6
dc.identifier.pissn1573-7551
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-017-9297-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/3764
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Vol. 27, No. 1
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
dc.subjectAgile software development
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.subjectExtreme programming
dc.subjectFluids
dc.subjectLines
dc.subjectMateriality
dc.subjectObjects
dc.subjectOntology
dc.subjectSocial topology
dc.titleFrom Object-Oriented to Fluid Ontology: a Case Study of the Materiality of Design Work in Agile Software Developmentde
dc.typeText/Journal Article
gi.citation.endPage75
gi.citation.startPage37

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