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       Meta-design: a manifesto for end-user development (2004) [pdf]
        
       Author : edu
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2021-01-15 11:42 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | paulryanrogers wrote:
       | Intro:
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       | > End-user development (EUD) activities range from customization
       | to component configuration and programming. Office software, such
       | as the ubiquitous spreadsheet, provide customisation facilities,
       | while the growth of the Web has added impetus to end-user
       | scripting for interactive functions in websites. In scientific
       | and engineering domains end users frequently develop complex
       | systems with standard programming languages such as C++ and JAVA.
       | However only a minority of users adapt COTS (Customer Off The
       | Shelf software) products; furthermore, composing systems from
       | reusable components, such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Plans)
       | systems defeats most end users, who resort to expensive and
       | scarce expert developers for implementation. So EUD is only a
       | partial success story. We argue that the spread of end-user
       | development depends on a fine balance between user motivation,
       | effective tools and management support. In this article we
       | explore that balance and investigate a future approach to EUD -
       | meta-design - that proposes a vision in which design, learning
       | and development become part of everyday working practic
        
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