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<title>Contextual Inquiry: Listening and Questioning to Improve Information Design</title>
<shortdesc>Contextual Inquiry is a field research technique that focuses on interviewing users in their own context as they do actual work. As a basis for effective design, Contextual Inquiry can contribute to the requirements and structure of systems and information. This half-day workshop presents a practical introduction to Contextual Inquiry as a step in designing information that supports and extends users&apos; work.</shortdesc>
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<p>Contextual Inquiry is a field research technique that focuses on interviewing users in their own context as they do actual work. As a basis for effective design, Contextual Inquiry can contribute to the requirements and structure of systems and information. This half-day workshop presents a practical introduction to Contextual Inquiry as a step in designing information that supports and extends users&apos; work.</p>
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<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles/Information-Design/Methods/Contextual-Inquiry">All works in 'Articles &gt; Information-Design &gt; Methods &gt; Contextual-Inquiry'</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles">All works in 'Articles'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Information-Design">'Information Design'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Methods">'Methods'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Contextual-Inquiry">'Contextual Inquiry'</a></li>
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 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Articles'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Information-Design" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Information Design'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Methods" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Methods'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Contextual-Inquiry" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Contextual Inquiry'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/publisher/STC_Proceedings" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All 2240 works published by STC Proceedings</linktext></link>
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