Integrating activity theory and organizational modeling for context of use analysis
Genésio Cruz Neto, Alex Sandro Gomes, Jaelson B Castro, Suzana Cândido de Barros Sampaio · 2005
Activity Theory is a theoretical-based context analysis technique that anchors the ethnographer descriptive work, calling his attention to the individual and social elements of human activities. For more than a decade, it has been a recognized framework for enhancing computer design practices, however there are still no methods for integrating context analysis based on Activity Theory with traditional system modeling techniques. In this paper we present a system design process that integrates ethnographic analysis based on Activity Theory with the i* organizational modeling technique. The approach uses human-practices analysis as the social root for system requirements derivation.