Career Advancement Award: Examining How Values Influences Software Design

这个职业发展奖支持有经验的学者的活动，这些学者有兴趣提高她在研究价值观如何影响软件设计过程方面的研究技能。活动将包括：1)获得与计算机相关的技术技能，包括熟悉软件开发过程中使用的工具和计算机辅助设计（CAD）和计算机辅助制造（CAM）包的知识；2)增加对设计过程研究的定性研究方法的掌握，特别是有助于分析录像数据的方法；3)参加麻省理工学院的软件设计工作室课程，尝试研究软件设计过程的方法，并收集关于价值在该过程中所起作用的数据。在未来五年，这些活动将丰富两个研究项目。一个人将研究几个软件开发领域的站点，以证明在这些过程中价值、假设和判断的作用。另一个重点是重新设计CAD/CAM软件，以支持机械师的熟练工作，并将导致机械师原型软件的开发。这些专业发展活动对于研究者在未来的研究计划中取得卓越成就至关重要。

This career advancement award supports the activities of an experienced scholar interested in improving her research skills in studying how values influence the software design process. Activities will include: 1) Acquisition of computer-related technical skills, including familiarity with tools used in the software development process and knowledge of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) packages; 2) Increasing command of qualitative research methods for study of the design process, particularly methods helpful to the analysis of videotaped data; and 3) Participation in a studio course in software design at MIT, experimenting with methods for studying the software design process and gathering data on the role which values play in the process. Over the next five years, these activities will enrich two research projects. One will study several software development field sites for evidence about the role of values, assumptions and judgments in those processes. The other focuses on redesign of CAD/CAM software to support the skilled work of machinists and will result in development of prototype software for machinists. These professional development activities are critical to achieving excellence in the investigator's future plans for research.