This paper argues the importance of two principles for end-user software engineering research. The first of these is that not all end-user developers are the same. The second is that research must be grounded in field studies of actual end-user development practice. In keeping with this second principle, our arguments are based on data from our own field studies of practice. These field studies involve a class of end user developer, whom we term ?professional end user developers? and who include scientists, mathematicians and engineers.
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%1 Segal2005a
%A Segal, Judith
%D 2005
%K software end_user_developer engineering
%T Two principles of end-user software engineering research
%X This paper argues the importance of two principles for end-user software engineering research. The first of these is that not all end-user developers are the same. The second is that research must be grounded in field studies of actual end-user development practice. In keeping with this second principle, our arguments are based on data from our own field studies of practice. These field studies involve a class of end user developer, whom we term ?professional end user developers? and who include scientists, mathematicians and engineers.
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abstract = {This paper argues the importance of two principles for end-user software engineering research. The first of these is that not all end-user developers are the same. The second is that research must be grounded in field studies of actual end-user development practice. In keeping with this second principle, our arguments are based on data from our own field studies of practice. These field studies involve a class of end user developer, whom we term ?professional end user developers? and who include scientists, mathematicians and engineers.},
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author = {Segal, Judith},
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keywords = {software end_user_developer engineering},
timestamp = {2009-11-21T12:52:56.000+0100},
title = {Two principles of end-user software engineering research},
year = 2005
}