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Understanding user needs for conceptual design phases of architecture projects

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Lira Nikolovska,

Greg Demchak,

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CHI EA '09: CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 2683 - 2686

https://doi.org/10.1145/1520340.1520385

Published: 04 April 2009 Publication History

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This paper describes design research methods used to understand user needs, identify user requirements and create new conceptual design workflows for an existing architectural software application.

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The Five Phases of Design, American Institute of Architects. howdesignworks.aia.org/fivephases.cfm

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American Institute of Architects (AIA) Provides New Agreements to Encourage Implementation of Integrated Project Delivery http://www.aia.org/print_template.cfm?pagename=release_051508_condocs

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Understanding user needs for conceptual design phases of architecture projects
1. Applied computing
2. Software and its engineering

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CHI EA '09: CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2009

2470 pages

ISBN:9781605582474

DOI:10.1145/1520340

General Chair:
Dan R. Olsen
Brigham Young University
,
Program Chairs:
Ken Hinckley
Microsoft Research
,
Meredith Ringel Morris
Microsoft Research
,
Scott Hudson
Carnegie Mellon University
,
Saul Greenberg
University of Calgary

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Association for Computing Machinery

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Published: 04 April 2009

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