This article presents a grounded theory analysis based on a qualitative study of professional interaction designers ( n = 20) with a focus on how they use tools to manage design ideas. Idea management can be understood as a subcategory of the field personal information management, which includes the activities around the capture, organization, retrieval, and use of information. Idea management pertains to the management and use of ideas , a particular type of information, as part of creative activities. The article identifies tool-supported idea management strategies and needs of professional interaction designers, and discusses the context and consequences of these strategies. Based on our analysis, we identify a conceptual framework of 10 strategies which are supported by tools: saving, externalizing, advancing, exploring, archiving, clustering, extracting, browsing, verifying, and collaborating . Finally, we discuss how this framework can be used to characterize and analyze existing and novel idea management tools.

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交互设计师如何使用工具来管理想法

本文基于对专业交互设计师（n= 20) 重点关注他们如何使用工具来管理设计理念。思想管理可以理解为个人信息管理领域的一个子范畴，包括围绕信息的获取、组织、检索和使用的活动。理念管理是指管理和使用想法，一种特定类型的信息，作为创造性活动的一部分。本文确定了工具支持的创意管理策略和专业交互设计师的需求，并讨论了这些策略的背景和后果。根据我们的分析，我们确定了由工具支持的 10 种策略的概念框架：保存、外部化、推进、探索、归档、聚类、提取、浏览、验证、和合作. 最后，我们讨论了如何使用该框架来表征和分析现有和新颖的创意管理工具。