Developing software systems which are easy to use while simultaneously increasing the productivity, performance and satisfaction of users is still a major challenge in software engineering. Thus a large number of usability engineering methods have been proposed to systematically develop software with high usability. A large number of studies indicate that even basic usability engineering methods are not integrated in software development lifecycles practiced in industrial settings. Yet problems in the adoption of methods by project teams are rarely examined. This book provides a new perspective on the integration and adoption of usability engineering methods by software development teams. The adoption of methods by project teams – contrary to popular belief – is not assured just because it is mandated by the organization. This work argues that usability engineering methods can only be regarded as integrated in the software development process of an organization when these methods are practiced and accepted by development teams. So far no frameworks for examining the acceptance of methods by project teams and for exploiting such data for guiding project teams in method deployment are available. To address this problem, this book presents an approach which consists of a process meta-model for guiding project teams in the deployment of usability en- neering methods and a measurement framework for measuring the acceptance of the deployed methods. The approach is called Adoption-Centric Usability Engineering.
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This work argues that usability engineering methods can only be regarded as integrated in the software development process of an organization when these methods are practiced and accepted by development teams.
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Usability Engineering: Definitions, Methods, and Challenges for Integration.- On Usability and Usability Engineering.- Usability Engineering Methods Plethora.- Pitfalls and Obstacles in the Integration and Adoption Path.- ACUE Fundamentals, Architecture and Components.- Usability Engineering Integration as an Adoption Problem.- ACUE Architecture and Components.- ACUE Formal Description.- Operationalization and Validation.- How Effective Is ACUE? An Empirical Case Study.- Putting it into Practice: The ProUse Tool.- How Well do ACUE and ProUse Work? Overall Evaluation.- ACUE in Software Engineering: Current Stage and Perspectives.- ACUE and the Existing Software Engineering Methodologies.- Conclusion and Perspectives.
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Developing easy to use software systems which also increase productivity, performance and satisfaction to users is still one of major challenges faced by software engineers. In providing a new perspective on the integration and adoption of usability engineering methods by software development teams, this book demonstrates that usability engineering methods can only be integrated in the software development process when they are fully adopted by the project teams. The authors present an adoption centric usability engineering approach that consists of a process meta-model for guiding project teams in the deployment of usability engineering methods and provide a framework for measuring the acceptance of the deployed methods. Software developers, managers and educators from both academia and industry will find this comprehensible, step-by-step approach to integrating usability engineering methods in the software development lifecycle a useful guide in extending and improving on methodologies, and complementary to existing software development strategies.
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Proposes a proven approach for integrating usability methods within software engineering, with an explicit methodology Borne out of a collaboration between Colombia University and DaimlerChrysler Competition touches on need for integration, but does not have same explicit method Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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ISBN
9781849967037
Publisert
2010-10-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer London Ltd
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Professional/practitioner, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Heftet