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of “idea capture” representations—informal notes and sketches which soware design-
ers made for their personal use and for discussion at meetings (Petre, 2009b). at study
observed that, “when allowed to choose freely (i.e., to grab a pencil and the back of an enve-
lope, or to step over to a whiteboard), designers use a limited set of representations, some
of which refer to the formal representations from their discipline, and others of which are
either generic or extremely versatile.”
Considering the whiteboards in the context of the design discussion and the gest ...