A New Perspective on Visual Design within Information Systems

2014 ◽  
pp. 143-161
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Peak ◽  
Victor R. Prybutok ◽  
Chenyan Xu
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Visual Design ◽  
Know How ◽  
Visual Systems ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The Aesthetic

This chapter proposes that the Information Systems (IS) discipline can serve as a reference discipline for the Visual Design discipline and that visual design can reciprocate as a reference discipline for IS. To this end, it offers a pluralistic framework of Visual Systems Design (VSD) where the primary focus is on how the Visual Design discipline utilizes the intellectual know-how of IS concerning systems development. Because visual design is part of the aesthetic paradigm where interpretivism rules and IS is contained in the positivist paradigm, the chapter employs a multi-paradigm, theory-building approach to bridge these two paradigms and their constituent disciplines. The implications of VSD are discussed in the remainder of the chapter.

Information Systems as a Reference Discipline for Visual Design

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Peak ◽  
Victor R. Prybutok ◽  
Michael Gibson ◽  
Chenyan Xu
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Visual Design ◽  
Know How ◽  
Design Systems ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
The Aesthetic

This paper proposes that the Information Systems (IS) discipline can serve as a reference discipline for the Visual Design discipline and vice versa. To this end, this work tries to offer a pluralistic framework of visual design systems (VSD) where the primary focus is on how the Visual Design discipline utilizes the intellectual know-how of IS concerning systems of development. Because visual design is part of the aesthetic paradigm where interpretivism rules and IS is contained in the positivist paradigm, we employ a multi-paradigm approach to bridge these two paradigms and their constituent disciplines. The implications of VSD are discussed in the remainder of this paper.

Contextual Design of Online Learning Technologies

2011 ◽  
pp. 400-407
Author(s):  
Mark Notess
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Instructional Systems Design ◽  
Instructional Systems ◽  
Contextual Design

Contextual design is a human-centered methodology for designing information systems from a rich understanding of customer work practice (Beyer & Holtzblatt, 1998). This article explores the application of contextual design to online learning systems development. Beginning with definitions of Instructional Systems Design (ISD) and contextual design, this chapter then offers a detailed description of the latter, and concludes by considering its relevance to the design of online learning technologies.

An Exploration of Resilience and Values in the Co-Design of Sociotechnical Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balbir S. Barn ◽  
Ravinder Barn
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
End User ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Reflection Model ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

The notion of resilience is becoming an important consideration in addressing the needs of vulnerable individuals and groups in the public sector. In Information Systems development, resilience has often been treated as a non-functional requirement such as scalability and little or no work has aimed at building resilience in end-users through systems development. Sociotechnical approaches while not specifically addressing resilience, have strived for a balance between technology and humans. While there are many variants of sociotechnical approaches, in this paper the authors introduce a refinement of the value sensitive action-reflection model used in co-design, first introduced by Yoo et al, that recognises the tension between values and resilience. The authors report on their activities of using this approach for a project aimed at developing mobile apps for promoting better engagement between young people in conflict with the law and their case workers in the UK youth justice system. They examine the ambiguity created when designer and stakeholder prompts change their role and purpose during the co-design process and discuss the impact of this on resilience building for the end-user and the possible implications for Information Systems design processes.

scholarly journals RESEARCH OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN SOFTWARE

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-269
Author(s):  
А.Z. Тursynbayev ◽  
◽  
М.S. Balganova ◽  
G.М. Khojaniyazova ◽  
S.N. Shaukhan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Models ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Know How ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
Current State ◽  
Case Technologies ◽  
Design Software ◽  
User Tasks ◽  
Absolute Advantage

The main goal is to maximize automation of system design and analysis stages in order to create formal and nonlinear models of the system. Many modern CASE tools support structural and object-oriented methodologies for analyzing and designing information systems. The software is intended for solving specific user tasks and mainly for organizing the computing process of an information system. The application package is a powerful tool for automating user-defined tasks. It completely frees the user from the need to know how the functions and procedures of information processing are performed on the computer. CASE technologies are usually used when creating complex information systems that require collective project implementation. The absolute advantage of CASE technology is that documents are always responsible for the current state of work. Because any changes in the project are automatically displayed in the database.

scholarly journals Hypermedia Systems Development: Do We Really Need New Methods?

10.28945/2520 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lang
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Hypermedia Design

Hypermedia systems design presents challenges that are not normally encountered with the development of orthodox ‘traditional’ information systems. In recognition of these challenges, and of the purported inadequacy of conventional software engineering techniques, there is much support in the literature for the view that new, specialized methods are needed. The question must therefore be asked: do we really need new methods for hypermedia systems design? This research-in-progress paper provides an outline answer by asking how hypermedia systems differ significantly from ‘traditional’ information systems, by hypothesizing why specialized hypermedia design methods set forth in the literature are not being use in practice, and by suggesting a number of implications.

scholarly journals Systems Design Procedures for Farm Accounting

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary D. Schnitkey ◽  
Steven T. Sonka
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Design Procedures ◽  
System Selection

AbstractThis paper presents a conceptual framework, known as systems development, for designing, selecting, and evaluating information systems. Techniques are developed that aid farm managers in choosing an accounting system. Six farmers took part in case studies testing the selection techniques. The participating farmers exhibited great diversity in the preferred design of their accounting systems and the manner in which they desired reports to be presented. This diversity suggests that system selection is an important aspect of implementing an accounting system.

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