ABSTRACT

Software Designers in Action: A Human-Centric Look at Design Work examines how developers actually perform software design in their day-to-day work. The book offers a comprehensive look at early software design, exploring the work of professional designers from a range of different viewpoints. Divided into four sections, it discusses various theore

chapter 1|8 pages

Designing Designs, or Designs on Design

chapter 4|14 pages

Designing Programs as Representations

chapter 5|18 pages

Studying Software Design Cognition

part |2 pages

Section II. The Process of Design

part |2 pages

Section III. Elements of Design

chapter 15|18 pages

Designing Assumptions

chapter 16|28 pages

Reflections on Representations

chapter 18|6 pages

The Craft of Design Conversation

chapter 19|22 pages

Going Meta

chapter 20|20 pages

Accommodating Disagreement

chapter 23|10 pages

Postscript