A design pattern mining method for interaction design

Abstract

This paper reports on a design pattern mining method addressing pattern mining in interaction design. The method aims at identifying proven solutions to recurring design problems through design workshops and software application analysis. During a design workshop, a team of 3-5 designers is asked to design the GUI and the interaction process for an application in the domain of the mining process and the design issues they address are collected. Moreover, a set of software applications in the area of the mining process is analyzed in order to identify in what measure the design issues discussed during the workshops are considered in the implementation of existing applications. Candidates for being documented as design patterns are the most recurring design issues in both the workshops and the software analysis. The paper describes the method together with its application in mining for design patterns for the design of synchronous collaborative systems.