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Design as a Minority Discipline in a Software Company: Understanding a Community of Practice

Overview This paper describes the participatory analysis of the diversity of working relations and roles of designers at Lotus Development Corporation. Designers are an example of a minority discipline - that is, a discipline whose members are often isolated in their work teams among coworkers with different training, backgrounds, and career paths. The paper explores differences between the practices of designers at Lotus and the published reports of design practices in group settings.

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PublisherIBM File FormatPDF
Date PublishedAugust 2001
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