• DocumentCode
    1145191
  • Title

    Calling down the lightning [software design]

  • Author

    Beyer, Hans-Georg ; Holtzblatt, Karen

  • Author_Institution
    InContext Enterprises, Harvard, MA, USA
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1994
  • Firstpage
    106
  • Lastpage
    107
  • Abstract
    The bolt of lightning that sparks a new product idea is totally unpredictable. The authors consider the crucial question for a product-development organization: what context allows creativity to happen and how does an organization call down the lightning? They consider the example of spreadsheet design.<>
  • Keywords
    spreadsheet programs; systems analysis; user interfaces; organization; product idea; product-development organization; software design; spreadsheet design; user interfaces; Computer displays; Fasteners; Fires; Keyboards; Lightning; Product design; Software design; Software testing; Sparks; Two dimensional displays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/52.311072
  • Filename
    311072