Title
Envisioning systemic effects on persons and society throughout interactive system design
Abstract
The design, development, and deployment of interactive systems can substantively impact individuals, society, and the natural environment, now and potentially well into the future. Yet, a scarcity of methods exists to support long-term, emergent, systemic thinking in interactive design practice. Toward addressing this gap, we propose four envisioning criteria --- stakeholders, time, values, and pervasiveness -- distilled from prior work in urban planning, design noir, and Value Sensitive Design. We characterize how the criteria can support systemic thinking, illustrate the integration of the envisioning criteria into established design practice (scenariobased design), and provide strategic activities to serve as generative envisioning tools. We conclude with suggestions for use and future work. Key contributions include: 1) four envisioning criteria to support systemic thinking, 2) value scenarios (extending scenario-based design), and 3) strategic activities for engaging the envisioning criteria in interactive system design practice.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1145/1394445.1394446
Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
interactive system design practice,scenariobased design,systemic effect,scenario-based design,interactive design practice,established design practice,design noir,systemic thinking,envisioning criterion,strategic activity,generative envisioning tool,systems thinking,interaction design,urban planning,sustainability,design method,values,ubiquitous computing,design methods,natural environment
Value sensitive design,Software deployment,Scarcity,Interactive design,Knowledge management,Design methods,Urban planning,Systems thinking,Human–computer interaction,Ubiquitous computing,Engineering
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
45
4.64
17
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lisa P. Nathan131732.31
Batya Friedman21541209.79
Predrag Klasnja31657134.64
Shaun Kane4143792.67
Jessica K. Miller51108.59