Integrating Usability Methods into Model-Based Software Development (original) (raw)

2009, Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces VI

Model-based Software Development is carried out as a well definied process. Depending on the applied approach, different phases can be distinguished, e.g. requirements specification, design, prototyping, implementation and usability evaluation. During this iterative process manyfold artifacts are developed and modified, including e.g. models, source code and usability evaluation data. CASE tools support the development stages well, but lack a seamless integration of usability evaluation methods. We aim at bridging the gap between development and usability, through enabling the cooperative use of artifacts with the particular tools. Hence usability experts save time to prepare an evaluation and results are easier to incorporate back into the development process. We show exemplary our work on enhancing the Eclipse framework to support usability evaluation for task model based software development.

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