TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluating usability-supporting architecture patterns
T2 - 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2009
AU - Luzcando, Edgardo
AU - Bolchini, Davide
AU - Faiola, Anthony
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Usability professionals and software engineers approach software design differently, which creates a communication gap that hinders effective usability design discussions. An online survey was conducted to evaluate how usability professionals react to Usability-Supporting Architecture Patterns (USAPs) as a potential way to bridge this gap. Members of the Usability Professionals Association (UPA) participated in a pretest-posttest control group design experiment where they answered questions about USAPs and software design. Results suggest that participants perceived USAPs as useful to account for usability in software architectures, recognizing the importance of the USAPs stated usability benefits. Additionally, results showed a difference in perception of the USAPs stated usability benefits between US and European participants. A better understanding of what the usability community thinks about USAPs can lead to their improvement as well as increased adoption by software engineers, which can lead to better integration of usability and HCI principles into software design.
AB - Usability professionals and software engineers approach software design differently, which creates a communication gap that hinders effective usability design discussions. An online survey was conducted to evaluate how usability professionals react to Usability-Supporting Architecture Patterns (USAPs) as a potential way to bridge this gap. Members of the Usability Professionals Association (UPA) participated in a pretest-posttest control group design experiment where they answered questions about USAPs and software design. Results suggest that participants perceived USAPs as useful to account for usability in software architectures, recognizing the importance of the USAPs stated usability benefits. Additionally, results showed a difference in perception of the USAPs stated usability benefits between US and European participants. A better understanding of what the usability community thinks about USAPs can lead to their improvement as well as increased adoption by software engineers, which can lead to better integration of usability and HCI principles into software design.
KW - Architecture Patterns
KW - HCI
KW - Software Design
KW - USAP
KW - Usability
KW - Usability Professionals
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-02574-7_36
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-02574-7_36
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70350321004
SN - 3642025730
SN - 9783642025730
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 320
EP - 328
BT - Human-Computer Interaction
Y2 - 19 July 2009 through 24 July 2009
ER -