"The Interdisciplinary Dance (Shall We?)"
by Lauralee Alben, Jim Faris; essay with interactive component on CD-ROM;
Interact, The American Center for Design Journal; Volume 8, Number 1, 1994.
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Here's where we have given
this lecture.
New Media Centers
1995
RISD
(Rhode Island School of Design)
1994
BAYCHI
(San Francisco Bay Area
ACM SIGCHI)
1993
Carnegie Mellon University
1993
CHI
Annual conference on human
factors in computing systems
1993
Columbus Society of Communicating Arts
1993
International Interactive Communications Society
1993
MIT
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
1993
Software Forum
1993
Stanford University
1993
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The fast–paced world of the web constantly presents new
technologies and business opportunities. This demands a
responsive design process that can rapidly adapt to changing
circumstances. Often it is necessary to abandon rigid
concepts and methodologies while embracing new viewpoints
and forms of cooperation. One solution is the "interpersonal"
model that we explore in this presentation and article. We compare
traditional models for collaborative work with the interpersonal
model, in which the interdisciplinary team is in almost
continuous contact from the inception of the project to the end.
Content, design and technology are developed simultaneously.
Problems are solved in an informal, creative and
improvisational way. In our experience, this collaborative
design process often leads to more ambitious solutions and
better integrated products.
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