Social thinking-software practice / edited by Yvonne Dittrich, Christiane Floyd, and Ralf Klischewski.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction ix -- Ralf Klischewski, Christiane Floyd, and Yvonne Dittrich -- I Deconstructing 1 -- Christiane Floyd -- 1 Developing and Embedding Autooperational Form 5 -- Christiane Floyd -- 2 On Foundational Categories in Software Development 29 -- James M. Nyce and Gail Bader -- 3 Making Use of Social Thinking: The Challenge of Bridging Activity Systems 45 -- Victor Kaptelinin -- 4 Challenging Traditions of Inquiry in Software Practice 69 -- Hans-Erik Nissen -- II Informing 91 -- Chris Westrup -- 5 On Retrieving Skilled Practices: The Contribution of Ethnography to Software Development 95 -- Chris Westrup -- 6 Representing and Modeling Collaborative Practices for Systems Development 111 -- Marina Jirotka and Paul Luff -- 7 The Locales Framework: Making Social Thinking Accessible for Software Practitioners 141 -- Geraldine Fitzpatrick -- 8 What Doesn't Fit: The "Residual Category" as Analytic Resource -- 161 -- Eevi E. Beck -- Im Grounding 181 -- Yvonne Dittrich -- 9 On the Intertwining of Social and Technical Factors in Software Development Projects 185 -- Urs Andelfinger -- 10 Software Practice Is Social Practice 205 -- Jacob N0rbjerg and Philip Kraft -- 11 "Yes-What Does That Mean?" Understanding Distributed Requirements Handling 223 -- Kari Ronkk6 -- 12 Doing Empirical Research on Software Development: Finding a Path between Understanding, Intervention, and Method Development -- 243 -- Yvonne Dittrich -- IV Organizing 263 -- Jesper Simonsen -- 13 Changing Work Practices in Design 267 -- Keld Bodker, Finn Kensing, and Jesper Simonsen -- 14 Information Systems Research and Information Systems Practice in a Network of Activities 287 -- Mikko Korpela, Anja Mursu, H. Abimbola Soriyan, and Anne Eerola -- 15 Reaching out for Commitments: Systems Development as Networking 309 -- Ralf Klischewski -- 16 Participatory Organizational and Technological Innovation in Fragmented Work Environments 331 -- Bettina Torpel, Volker Wulf, and Helge Kahler -- 17 Large-Scale Requirements Analysis as Heterogeneous Engineering 357 -- Mark Bergman, John Leslie King, and Kalle Lyytinen -- V Reorienting 387 -- Olav W. Bertelsen -- 18 Useware Design and Evolution: Bridging Social Thinking and Software Construction 391 -- Horst Oberquelle -- 19 Discontinuities 409 -- Olav W. Bertelsen and Susanne Bodker -- 20 Localizing Self on the Internet: Designing for "Genius Loci" in a Global Context 425 -- Sara Eriksen -- 21 Intent, Form, and Materiality in the Design of Interaction Technology 451 -- Thomas Binder -- List of Contributors 469 -- Index 471.