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Software Designers in Action
book

Software Designers in Action

by Marian Petre, Andre Van Der Hoek
September 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
452 pages
17h 21m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
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Chapter 5
Studying Software
Design Cognition
Jeff Wai Tak Kan
Independent Design Researcher
John Gero
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
5.1 INTRODUCTION
What do soware designers do when they design? While there have been many studies of
soware designers, few if any have focused on their design cognition—the cognitive activi-
ties while they design. How does a team of soware designers expend their cognitive eort
during a design session? is chapter addresses this question by presenting a case study of
a team of soware designers where their cognitive eort is measured and analyzed.
Over the past three decades ...
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ISBN: 9781466501096