Human-Centered Software Engineering — Integrating Usability in the Software Development Lifecycle

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Seffah, Ahmed (Editor), Gulliksen, Jan (Editor), Desmarais, Michel C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series, 8
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Computer Science, general.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.

Human-CenteredSoftwareEngineering: BridgingHCI,UsabilityandSoftwareEngineering From its beginning in the 1980’s, the ?eld of human-computer interaction (HCI) has beende?nedasamultidisciplinaryarena. BythisImeanthattherehas beenanexplicit recognition that distinct skills and perspectives are required...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory Chapter
• An Introduction to Human-Centered Software Engineering
• Principles, Myths and Challenges
• Key Principles for User-Centred Systems Design
• HCI, Usability and Software Engineering Integration: Present and Future
• Surveying the Solitudes: An Investigation into the Relationships between Human Computer Interaction and Software Engineering in Practice
• Convergence or Competition between Software Engineering and Human Computer Interaction
• Requirements, Scenarios, and Use-cases
• Experience with Using General Usability Scenarios on the Software Architecture of a Collaborative System
• Linking User Needs and Use Case-Driven Requirements Engineering
• Guiding Designers to the World of Usability: Determining Usability Requirements Through Teamwork
• Transforming Usability Engineering Requirements into Software Engineering Specifications: From PUF to UML
• UCD, Unified and Agile Processes
• Which, When and How Usability Techniques and Activities Should Be Integrated
• Coping with Complexity
• Towards a Model for Bridging Agile Development and User-Centered Design
• Ripple: An Event Driven Design Representation Framework for Integrating Usability and Software Engineering Life Cycles
• UCD Knowledge and UI design Patterns
• Integrating User-Centered Design Knowledge with Scenarios
• Patterns of Integration: Bringing User Centered Design into the Software Development Lifecycle
• UI Design Patterns: Bridging Use Cases and UI Design
• UI Design Patterns: From Theory to Practice.