User Centered Design - Problems and Possibilitiesof the 1998 PDC & CSCW workshop

This paper is a summary of the work performed prior to and during the workshop. The main areas discussed are used as headings below. The initial discussion concerned the concepts UCD and PD. These matters were discussed on our workshop web site [1] before and after the workshop. The workshop participants were asked to read the position paper in advance. The workshop did not include any paper presentations but a discussion based on each contribution and the assembled experience. This article starts with the discussion about the definitions that was the basis for the workshop.