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Introducing Usability in a Conceptual Modeling-Based Software Development Process
Oscar PastorJosé Ignacio Panach NavarreteNatalia Juristo Juzgadosubject
InformáticaPluralistic walkthroughCognitive walkthroughComputer sciencebusiness.industryUsability inspection020207 software engineeringUsability02 engineering and technologyUsability goalsHuman–computer interaction020204 information systemsHeuristic evaluationUsability engineering0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringbusinessSoftware engineeringWeb usabilitydescription
Usability plays an important role to satisfy users? needs. There are many recommendations in the HCI literature on how to improve software usability. Our research focuses on such recommendations that affect the system architecture rather than just the interface. However, improving software usability in aspects that affect architecture increases the analyst?s workload and development complexity. This paper proposes a solution based on model-driven development. We propose representing functional usability mechanisms abstractly by means of conceptual primitives. The analyst will use these primitives to incorporate functional usability features at the early stages of the development process. Following the model-driven development paradigm, these features are then automatically transformed into subsequent steps of development, a practice that is hidden from the analyst.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-01 |