Stanford University Stanford Computer Science Department
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   HISTORY

History
   What is PD?
   Political Push
   Innovation
   Professionals
   The Developer

Philosophical Perspective
   Workers
   Design Philosophy

Competing
Strategies

   Expert Systems Design
   Usability Engeering
   Value Senstive Design


What is PD?

Participatory Design (PD) is an approach to the assessment, design, and development of technological and organizational systems. The impetus of Participatory Design is to encourage the active involvement of potential or current end-users of a system in the design and decision-making processes. (CPSR) Participatory Design stretches across a wide range of perspectives, backgrounds, and areas of concern so there can be no single definition of Participatory Design. However, the history of Participatory Design clearly shows that it advocates and values the perspective, knowledge, skills and involvement of the end-user for designing a system that creates progressive opportunities for the employers, the employees and system designers.




Product Development
   Obstacles
   Vendor Adoption
   Product Design

In the US
   New Context
   Obstacles
   Current Use
   Recommendations

References
   Bibliography
   Conferences
   Applied PD
   Journals
   Books
   Organizations
   Academia


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