The MUST Research Program

Publications

Books:

Bødker, K., F. Kensing, and J. Simonsen (2004): Participatory IT Design. Designing for Business and Workplace Realities, MIT press.

Bødker, K., F. Kensing og J. Simonsen (2000): Professionel IT-forundersøgelse - grundlaget for bæredygtige IT-anvendelser. Samfundslitteratur. 


Selected publications

Bødker, Keld: Analyse og design i et kulturperspektiv - udfordring til systemperspektivet, Ph.D.-thesis (in Danish) [Analysis and Design in a Cultural Perspective - Challenging the Systems Perspective], Writings on Computer Science No. 26, Computer Science Department, Roskilde University, 1989. Abstract (in Danish).

Bødker, Keld: "A Cultural Perspective on Organizations Applied to Analysis and Design of Information Systems", in G. Bjerkes et al. (Ed.): Organizational Competence in Systems Development. A Scandinavian Contribution, Studentlitteratur, Lund, Sweden, 1990. Abstract.

Bødker, Keld, and Finn Kensing: "Design in an Organizational Context - an Experiment", Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 6, 1994, pp. 47-68. Abstract.

Bødker, Keld, and Jesper Strandgaard Pedersen: "Workplace Cultures: Looking at Artifacts, Symbols, and Practices", in J. Greenbaum and M. Kyng (Eds.): Design at Work: Cooperative Design of Computer Systems, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Chichester, UK, 1991, pp. 121-136. Abstract.

Kensing, Finn: "Generation of Visions in Systems Development - A Supplement to the Toolbox", in P. Docherty et al. (Ed.): Systems Design for Human Development and Productivity: Participation and Beyond, Springer Verlag, 1987, pp. 285-301. Abstract.

Kensing, Finn: "Prompted Reflections: A Technique for Understanding Complex Work", ACM Interactions, Vol. 5, 1998, pp. 7-15. Abstract.

Kensing, Finn., Methods and Practices in Participatory Design. 2003, IT University of Copenhagen, ITU Press.

Kensing, Finn, Keld Bødker, and Jesper Simonsen: An Emerging Approach to Systems Design - Experience from the MUST Program, Writings on Computer Science No. 94, Computer Science Department, Roskilde University, 1994. Abstract.

Kensing, Finn, and Kim H. Madsen: "Generating Visions - Future Workshops and Metaphorical Design", in J. Greenbaum and M. Kyng (Eds.): Design at Work: Cooperative Design of Computer Systems, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Chichester, UK, 1991.

Kensing, Finn, and Andreas Munk-Madsen: "Participatory Design: Structure in the Toolbox", Communications of the ACM, Vol. 36, 1993, pp. 78-85. Abstract.

Kensing, Finn, Jesper Simonsen, and Keld Bødker: "MUST - a Method for Participatory Design", Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 13, 1998. Abstract.

Kensing, Finn, Jesper Simonsen, and Keld Bødker: "Participatory Design at a Radio Station", Computer Supported Cooperative Work: The Journal of Collaborative Computing, Vol. 7, 1998. Abstract.

Kensing, Finn, and Terry Winograd: "Operationalizing the Language/Action Approach to Design of Computer-Support for Cooperative Work", in R. K. Stamper (Ed.): Collaborative Work, Social Communications and Information Systems, North-Holland, The Netherlands, 1991, pp. 311-331. Abstract.

Simonsen, Jesper: Designing Systems in an Organizational Context: An Explorative Study of Theoretical, Methodological, and Organizational Issues from Action Research in Three Design Projects, Ph.D.-thesis, Writings on Computer Science No. 52, Computer Science Department, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark, 1994. Abstract    Summary    Sammenfatning (in Danish)

Simonsen, J. (1996): "Involving Customer Relations in Contextual Design - a Case Study", in J. D. Coelho et al., (Eds.): Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Information Systems, Lisbon/Portugal, July 2-4 1996, pp. 1153-1161.  Abstract.

Simonsen, J. (1997): "Linking Design to Business Strategy Through Functional Analysis", in R. Galliers et al., (Eds.): Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Information Systems, Cork/Ireland, June 19-21 1997, Cork Publishing Limited, pp. 1314-1327.   Abstract.

Simonsen, J. (1998): “Anchoring Visions in Organizations”, in Zupancic et al.: Proceedings of The Seventh International Conference on Information Systems Development - ISD’98, Bled, Slovenia, 21 - 23 September 1998. Abstract.

Simonsen, J. (1998): "How do we take Care of Strategic Alignment? Constructing a design approach" (forthcoming).

Simonsen, J. and F. Kensing (1994): "Take Users Seriously, but Take a Deeper Look: Organizational and Technical Effects from Designing with an Ethnographically Inspired Approach", in Trigg et al., (Eds.): Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference on Participatory Design, October 27-28, 1994, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, Palo Alto, CA, pp. 47-58. Abstract.

Simonsen, J. and F. Kensing (1997): "Using Ethnography in Contextual Design", Communications of the ACM, Vol. 40, No. 7, July, pp. 82-88. Introduction.

Simonsen, J. and F. Kensing (1998): "Make Room for Ethnography in Design", ACM-SIGDOC Journal of Computer Documentation, Vol. 22, No. 1, February, pp. 20-30. Abstract.

Simonsen, J., F. Kensing og K. Bødker (1997): "MUST - En metode til forundersøgelse med brugerdeltagelse", i B. Fibiger (red.): Design af Multimedier, Ålborg Universitetsforlag, Ålborg, pp. 19-60. Abstract (in Danish).

Simonsen, J. (2004). Participative Design With Top Management: Anchoring Visions by the Problem Mapping Technique. In A. Clement, F. Cindio, A. Oostveen, and P. Besselaar (Eds.) Proceedings of the eighth Participatory Design Conference 2004, Vol. II (PDC 2004), Artful Integration: Interweaving Media, Materials and Practices, July 27-31, 2004 Toronto, Canada, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - CPSR, Palo Alto, CA 94302-0717, pp. 109-113.
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Simonsen, J (2007): "Involving Top Management in IT Projects: Aligning Business Needs and IT Solutions with the Problem Mapping Technique", Communications of the ACM, Vol. 50, No. 8, August, pp. 52-58.
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