The 1992 Workshop on Design Rationale Capture and Use

The 1992 Workshop on Design Rationale Capture and Use took place on 15 July in San Jose, California. The goal of the workshop was to bring together people interested in design rationale management and promote interaction among them. Participants were selected from different parts of academia (computer science, human-computer interaction, management, civil engineering, mechanical engineering) as well as from industry. This article summarizes the issues that were raised and discussed during the workshop, categorized under these headings: the nature of design rationale, services: what good are design rationales, representation: what information is worth capturing and reusing, production of rationales, semiformal approaches, and future collaboration.