Abstract
Background: In recent years, co-design has seen exponential adoption in response to complex socio-technical transitions. However, the appraisal around co-design still lacks development, making its quality, effect, and value ambiguous. Aim: This study aims to encourage more research and practice in co-design evaluation by summarizing existing attempts. Method: We first conducted an integrative literature review in Scopus by analyzing and comparing existing methods used for assessing co-design. Then we iteratively coded the reviewed articles in ATLAS.ti following grounded theory. Through critical reflection and synthesis of the codes, we formed higher-level themes describing different aspects of co-design assessment. Based on these, we proposed an evaluation framework with five steps guiding the practice. Result: An overview of the methods, values, challenges, and suggestions for co-design assessment has been presented, and an assessment framework is proposed to support applications in this area.
Keywords
codesign, evaluation, tools and methods, literature review
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.774
Citation
Wang, Z., Jiang, T., Huang, J., Tai, Y., and Trapani, P.M. (2022) How might we evaluate co-design? A literature review on existing practices, in Lockton, D., Lenzi, S., Hekkert, P., Oak, A., Sádaba, J., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2022: Bilbao, 25 June - 3 July, Bilbao, Spain. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.774
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How might we evaluate co-design? A literature review on existing practices
Background: In recent years, co-design has seen exponential adoption in response to complex socio-technical transitions. However, the appraisal around co-design still lacks development, making its quality, effect, and value ambiguous. Aim: This study aims to encourage more research and practice in co-design evaluation by summarizing existing attempts. Method: We first conducted an integrative literature review in Scopus by analyzing and comparing existing methods used for assessing co-design. Then we iteratively coded the reviewed articles in ATLAS.ti following grounded theory. Through critical reflection and synthesis of the codes, we formed higher-level themes describing different aspects of co-design assessment. Based on these, we proposed an evaluation framework with five steps guiding the practice. Result: An overview of the methods, values, challenges, and suggestions for co-design assessment has been presented, and an assessment framework is proposed to support applications in this area.