Ian Sommerville
Biographic Data
| ID | 6328548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Sommerville |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Sommerville |
| SIGNATURE | SOMMERVILLE I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Management and Use of Social Network Sites in a Government Department
Socio-technical systems
It is widely acknowledged that adopting a socio-technical approach to system development leads to systems that are more acceptable to end users and deliver better value to stakeholders. Despite this, such approaches are not widely practised. We analyse the reasons for this, highlighting some of the problems with the better known socio-technical design methods. Based on this analysis we propose a new pragmatic framework for socio-technical systems…
Software Engineering
Testing in the Wild
Trust in Technology
This book encapsulates some work done in the DIRC project concerned with trust and responsibility in socio-technical systems. It brings together a range of disciplinary approaches - computer science, sociology and software engineering - to produce a socio-technical systems perspective on the issues surrounding trust in technology in complex settings. Computer systems can only bring about their purported benefits if functionality, users and usabil…
Patterns of cooperative interaction
No abstract available
The anti‐social model of disability
Social theories are usually developed to enable a clearer understanding of a situation or problem. The 'Social Model' in various forms is currently the dominant model for researching disability, addressing disability from within a socio‐political framework that draws substantially on a 'social constructionist' perspective. This article critiques some of the core sociological assumptions of the Social Model, questioning what 'work' this kind of th…
Depending on digital design
This paper documents work from the EPSRC ‘EQUATOR’ and Dependability Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration on Computer Based Systems (DIRC) concerned with the appropriate design of dependable assistive technology to enable older and disabled people to maintain a quality of life within their own homes. Technology, especially so‐called ‘smart home’ technology, can only be used to assist people if it is effectively designed. Designers are therefo…
Home technology systems
This paper considers the design of technology in domestic, or home, settings. The systems themselves have become increasingly complex and the need for dependable systems correspondingly important. The design problem is concerned less with the creation of new technical artefacts than with their effective configuration and integration. Inadequate understanding of the lived reality of use and user needs is often responsible for lack of dependability…
Coherence
This article is concerned with how to represent in system design the kinds of features of work settings as reported by ethnographic studies of work. Various researchers and practitioners have found that ethnomethodological analyses of work settings can provide useful insights to the work processes and settings in which system design is interested. Previously at Lancaster University, we examined ways in which ethnography can be used in the design …
The anti‐social model of disability
Social theories are usually developed to enable a clearer understanding of a situation or problem. The 'Social Model' in various forms is currently the dominant model for researching disability, addressing disability from within a socio‐political framework that draws substantially on a 'social constructionist' perspective. This article critiques some of the core sociological assumptions of the Social Model, questioning what 'work' this kind of th…
Depending on digital design
This paper documents work from the EPSRC ‘EQUATOR’ and Dependability Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration on Computer Based Systems (DIRC) concerned with the appropriate design of dependable assistive technology to enable older and disabled people to maintain a quality of life within their own homes. Technology, especially so‐called ‘smart home’ technology, can only be used to assist people if it is effectively designed. Designers are therefo…
Coherence
This article is concerned with how to represent in system design the kinds of features of work settings as reported by ethnographic studies of work. Various researchers and practitioners have found that ethnomethodological analyses of work settings can provide useful insights to the work processes and settings in which system design is interested. Previously at Lancaster University, we examined ways in which ethnography can be used in the design …
Home technology systems
This paper considers the design of technology in domestic, or home, settings. The systems themselves have become increasingly complex and the need for dependable systems correspondingly important. The design problem is concerned less with the creation of new technical artefacts than with their effective configuration and integration. Inadequate understanding of the lived reality of use and user needs is often responsible for lack of dependability…
Patterns of cooperative interaction
No abstract available
The anti‐social model of disability
Social theories are usually developed to enable a clearer understanding of a situation or problem. The 'Social Model' in various forms is currently the dominant model for researching disability, addressing disability from within a socio‐political framework that draws substantially on a 'social constructionist' perspective. This article critiques some of the core sociological assumptions of the Social Model, questioning what 'work' this kind of th…
Depending on digital design
This paper documents work from the EPSRC ‘EQUATOR’ and Dependability Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration on Computer Based Systems (DIRC) concerned with the appropriate design of dependable assistive technology to enable older and disabled people to maintain a quality of life within their own homes. Technology, especially so‐called ‘smart home’ technology, can only be used to assist people if it is effectively designed. Designers are therefo…
Trust in Technology
This book encapsulates some work done in the DIRC project concerned with trust and responsibility in socio-technical systems. It brings together a range of disciplinary approaches - computer science, sociology and software engineering - to produce a socio-technical systems perspective on the issues surrounding trust in technology in complex settings. Computer systems can only bring about their purported benefits if functionality, users and usabil…
Testing in the Wild
Software Engineering
Socio-technical systems
It is widely acknowledged that adopting a socio-technical approach to system development leads to systems that are more acceptable to end users and deliver better value to stakeholders. Despite this, such approaches are not widely practised. We analyse the reasons for this, highlighting some of the problems with the better known socio-technical design methods. Based on this analysis we propose a new pragmatic framework for socio-technical systems…
The Management and Use of Social Network Sites in a Government Department
Computer Science (8 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Knowledge management (5 works) · Information Systems Theories and Implementation (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Human–computer interaction (3 works) · Software engineering (3 works) · Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (3 works)