Abstract
This paper describes a new unifying workstyle model for the user-centered design process, comprised of eight dimensions that we claim as fundamental to supporting the UCD process. Our proposal is new because it is the first workstyle model tailored to UCD. We also show the usefulness of workstyle modeling when evaluating the stage/effort of a project at a given time. Our workstyle model was based on the identification of the main obstacles to UCD and SE integration, current research results and extensive observation of HCI students involved in UCD projects. Though simple, it models the designer’s behavior and can be effectively and easily used to (a) choose adequate tool support for a given phase of a project and (b) drive the development of new UCD tools.
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
References
Campos, P., Nunes, N.J.: CanonSketch: a User-Centered Tool for Canonical Abstract Prototyping. In: Proceedings of the EHCI/DSV-IS 2004, Hamburg, Germany (2004)
Constantine, L., Lockwood, L.: Software for Use. A Practical Guide to the Models and Methods of Usage-Centered Design, pp. 194–195. Addison-Wesley, Reading (1999)
Constantine, L.: Canonical Abstract Prototypes for Abstract Visual and Interaction Design. In: Jorge, J., Nunes, N., Falcão e Cunha, J. (eds.) DSV-IS 2003. LNCS, vol. 2844, pp. 1–15. Springer, Heidelberg (2003)
IIvari, J.: Why are CASE Tools Not Used? Communications of the ACM 39, 94–103 (1996)
Green, T.R.G., Petre, M.: Usability analysis of visual programming environments: a ’cognitive dimensions’ framework. J. Visual Languages and Computing 7, 131–174 (1996)
Jarzabek, S., Huang, R.: The Case for User-Centered CASE Tools. Communications of the ACM 41(8), 93–99 (2004)
Kemerer, C.F.: How the Learning Curve Affects CASE Tool Adoption. IEEE Software 9, 23–28 (1992)
Landay, J., Myers, B.: Sketching Interfaces: Toward More Human Interface Design, pp. 56–64. IEEE Computer, Los Alamitos (2001)
Lumsden, J.: SUIT - A Methodology and Framework for Selection of User Interface Development Tools, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (2001)
Myers, B., Hudson, S., Pausch, R.: Past, Present and Future of User Interface Software Tools. ACM Transactions on Computer Human Interaction 7(1), 3–28 (2000)
Nunes, N.J., Cunha, J.F.: WISDOM Whitewater Interactive System Development with Object Models. In: van Harmelen, M. (ed.) Object-oriented User Interface Design. Object Technology Series. Addison-Wesley, Reading (2001)
Seffah, A., Metzker, E.: The Obstacles and Myths of Usability and Software Engineering. Communications of the ACM 47(12), 71–76 (2004)
Traeetteberg, H.: Dialog Modeling with Interactors and UML Statecharts - A Hybrid Approach. In: Jorge, J.A., Jardim Nunes, N., Falcão e Cunha, J. (eds.) DSV-IS 2003. LNCS, vol. 2844, pp. 346–361. Springer, Heidelberg (2003)
Wu, J., Graham, T.C.N.: The Software Design Board: a Tool supporting Workstyle Transitions in Collaborative Software Design. In: Bastide, R., Palanque, P., Roth, J. (eds.) DSV-IS 2004 and EHCI 2004. LNCS, vol. 3425. Springer, Heidelberg (2005)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2005 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
About this paper
Cite this paper
Campos, P., Nunes, N.J. (2005). Galactic Dimensions: A Unifying Workstyle Model for User-Centered Design. In: Costabile, M.F., Paternò, F. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2005. INTERACT 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3585. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11555261_16
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11555261_16
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-28943-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-31722-7
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)