Software Design Guidelines for Usability

• Laura Carvajal ^[1] ; Ana Moreno ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

     Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Actas de las Jornadas de Ingeniería del Software y Bases de Datos (JISBD´11), 2011, ISBN 978-84-9749-486-1, págs. 429-442
• Idioma: inglés
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  • For years, the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) community has defined the expected characteristics of usable software systems. However, from a Software Engineering (SE) perspective, the process of incorporating usability into software is not always straightforward, as many usability features have strong implications in the underlying architecture. For example, successfully including a “cancel” feature in an application may involve complex interrelated data structures and functionalities. Our work is focused upon providing developers with a set of guidelines to assist them in including such usability features with high impact on software design into their developments effectively.