User-Developer Cooperation in Software Development: Building Common Ground and Usable Systems
Eamonn P. O'Neill
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Description for User-Developer Cooperation in Software Development: Building Common Ground and Usable Systems
hardcover. Describes the strengths of task analysis and user participation in software development. This book presents an observation and theoretical analysis of what it is for users and developers to cooperate, and the nature of user-developer interaction. It deals with the development and application of an approach to task-based participatory development. Series: Distinguished Dissertations. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMP; UMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
The topic of the research reported here is direct user participation in the task-based development of interactive software systems. Building usable software demands understanding and supporting users and their tasks. Users are a primary source of usability requirements and knowledge, since users can be expected to have intimate and extensive knowledge of themselves, their tasks and their working environment. Task analysis approaches to software development encourage a focus on supporting users and their tasks while participatory design approaches encourage users' direct, active contributions to software development work. However, participatory design approaches often concentrate their efforts on design activities rather than ... Read more
The topic of the research reported here is direct user participation in the task-based development of interactive software systems. Building usable software demands understanding and supporting users and their tasks. Users are a primary source of usability requirements and knowledge, since users can be expected to have intimate and extensive knowledge of themselves, their tasks and their working environment. Task analysis approaches to software development encourage a focus on supporting users and their tasks while participatory design approaches encourage users' direct, active contributions to software development work. However, participatory design approaches often concentrate their efforts on design activities rather than ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer United Kingdom
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
Series
Distinguished Dissertations
Number of Pages
317
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852333119
SKU
V9781852333119
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99-15
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