Social thinking-software practice / edited by Yvonne Dittrich, Christiane Floyd, and Ralf Klischewski.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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A collection of essays on the interrelationship of social science and software practice.Software practice--which includes software development, design, and use--needs to go beyond the traditional engineering framework. Drawing on a variety of social theory approaches, this book focuses on interdisciplinary cooperation in software practice. The topics discussed include the facilitation of collaborative software development, communication between developers and users, and the embedding of software systems in organizations.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction ix -- Ralf Klischewski, Christiane Floyd, and Yvonne Dittrich -- I Deconstructing 1 -- Christiane Floyd -- 1 Developing and Embedding Autooperational Form 5 -- Christiane Floyd -- 2 On Foundational Categories in Software Development 29 -- James M. Nyce and Gail Bader -- 3 Making Use of Social Thinking: The Challenge of Bridging Activity Systems 45 -- Victor Kaptelinin -- 4 Challenging Traditions of Inquiry in Software Practice 69 -- Hans-Erik Nissen -- II Informing 91 -- Chris Westrup -- 5 On Retrieving Skilled Practices: The Contribution of Ethnography to Software Development 95 -- Chris Westrup -- 6 Representing and Modeling Collaborative Practices for Systems Development 111 -- Marina Jirotka and Paul Luff -- 7 The Locales Framework: Making Social Thinking Accessible for Software Practitioners 141 -- Geraldine Fitzpatrick -- 8 What Doesn't Fit: The "Residual Category" as Analytic Resource -- 161 -- Eevi E. Beck -- Im Grounding 181 -- Yvonne Dittrich -- 9 On the Intertwining of Social and Technical Factors in Software Development Projects 185 -- Urs Andelfinger -- 10 Software Practice Is Social Practice 205 -- Jacob N0rbjerg and Philip Kraft -- 11 "Yes-What Does That Mean?" Understanding Distributed Requirements Handling 223 -- Kari Ronkk6 -- 12 Doing Empirical Research on Software Development: Finding a Path between Understanding, Intervention, and Method Development -- 243 -- Yvonne Dittrich -- IV Organizing 263 -- Jesper Simonsen -- 13 Changing Work Practices in Design 267 -- Keld Bodker, Finn Kensing, and Jesper Simonsen -- 14 Information Systems Research and Information Systems Practice in a Network of Activities 287 -- Mikko Korpela, Anja Mursu, H. Abimbola Soriyan, and Anne Eerola -- 15 Reaching out for Commitments: Systems Development as Networking 309 -- Ralf Klischewski -- 16 Participatory Organizational and Technological Innovation in Fragmented Work Environments 331 -- Bettina Torpel, Volker Wulf, and Helge Kahler -- 17 Large-Scale Requirements Analysis as Heterogeneous Engineering 357 -- Mark Bergman, John Leslie King, and Kalle Lyytinen -- V Reorienting 387 -- Olav W. Bertelsen -- 18 Useware Design and Evolution: Bridging Social Thinking and Software Construction 391 -- Horst Oberquelle -- 19 Discontinuities 409 -- Olav W. Bertelsen and Susanne Bodker -- 20 Localizing Self on the Internet: Designing for "Genius Loci" in a Global Context 425 -- Sara Eriksen -- 21 Intent, Form, and Materiality in the Design of Interaction Technology 451 -- Thomas Binder -- List of Contributors 469 -- Index 471.

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