The Usability Design Process: Integrating User-Centered Systems Design in the Software Development Process

Göransson, BengtUppsala universitet,Institutionen för informationsteknologi,Människa-datorinteraktion,MDI,Uppsala Universitet (author)

The Usability Design Process : Integrating User-Centered Systems Design in the Software Development Process

QC 20111208
This article reviews current efforts in bridging the gaps between software engineering and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and describes some critical issues that must be resolved in order to reconcile some of the differences between the two fields. We argue that user-centered systems design (UCSD) must be tightly integrated in the software development process and suggest the usability design process as a way of doing this. The usability design process is a UCSD approach for developing usable interactive systems, combining usability engineering with interaction design, and emphasizing extensive active user involvement throughout the iterative process. We outline the usability design process and illustrate the steps in the process with examples from real-life design cases. Finally, we provide an example of how the usability design process can be implemented in a commercial software-development process, Rational Unified ProcessTM (RUP).

NATURVETENSKAP Data- och informationsvetenskap hsv//swe
NATURAL SCIENCES Computer and Information Sciences hsv//eng
NATURVETENSKAP Data- och informationsvetenskap Människa-datorinteraktion hsv//swe
NATURAL SCIENCES Computer and Information Sciences Human Computer Interaction hsv//eng
user-centered systems design
usability design
usability
interaction design
software development process
Rational Unified Process
Informatics, computer and systems science
Informatik, data- och systemvetenskap

Gulliksen, JanUppsala universitet,Institutionen för informationsteknologi,Människa-datorinteraktion,MDI,Uppsala Universitet(Swepub:kth)u1wltav9 (author)
Boivie, IngerUppsala universitet,Institutionen för informationsteknologi,Människa-datorinteraktion,MDI,Uppsala Universitet(Swepub:uu)ingeboiv (author)
Uppsala universitetInstitutionen för informationsteknologi (creator_code:org_t)

In:Software Process Improvement and Practice: Special Issue on Bridging the Process and Practice Gaps Between Software Engineering and Human Computer Interaction: Wiley8:2, s. 111-131
In:Software Process: Improvement and Practice: Wiley8:2, s. 111-1311077-48661099-1670

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