scholarly journals Why and how to investigate interaction design of software development tools

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Juliana Jansen Ferreira ◽  
Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza ◽  
Renato Cerqueira
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Interaction Design ◽  
Software Modeling ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Inspection Method ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Development Tools ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Software Development Tools

The existence of some relationship between the usability of software development tools and the quality of end users’ interaction with the product these tools contribute to build would not be surprising. Should this be the case, a developer's problematic use experience with these tools would increase the workload of HCI experts, whose aim is to promote high quality user experience with software products. Yet, this connection has not deserved much attention from researchers, and it is unclear how investigations should be conducted to verify if it is true. Our contribution in this paper is a first step in this direction. We propose an inspection method to characterize communicability and usability aspects of software modeling tools. By combining both aspects and articulating our analysis around tool, notations and people, we provide valuable conceptual links that, we argue, may in the long run of subsequent research contribute significantly to verify the (extent of the) relation between HCI quality of development tools and developed products.

Trust Elements in Open Source

2010 ◽  
pp. 334-342
Author(s):  
Barbara Russo ◽  
Marco Scotto ◽  
Alberto Sillitti ◽  
Giancarlo Succi
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Automatic Measurement ◽  
Automatic Process ◽  
Software Development Process ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Development Tools ◽  
On Line ◽  
Measurement Approach

The quality of a software development process is based on a large spectrum of various elements that must be identified and assessed. The majority of elements can be measured quantitatively and possibly using an automatic process. Some elements, however, are rather subjective and depend strongly on different opinions of people using or evaluating the software development process. An automatic measurement approach is difficult to achieve (for example by on-line questionnaires or surveys inserted inside software products or software development tools). The foundation for all assessments is a set of elements that will be at a certain point of development or use measured and evaluated.

Software Development Process Standards for Very Small Companies

2019 ◽  
pp. 681-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rory V. O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Small Organizations ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Project Scheme ◽  
Engineering Standards ◽  
Standards Adoption

For very small software development companies, the quality of their software products is a key to competitive advantage. However, the usage of software engineering standards is extremely low amongst such very small software companies. A primary reason cited by many such companies for this lack of quality standards adoption is the perception that they have been developed for large multi-national software companies and not with small and very small organizations in mind and are therefore not suitable for their specific needs. This chapter describes the design and development of the software process lifecycle standard for very small entities. This chapter presents a unique insight from the perspective of some of the standards authors on the development of the ISO/IEC 29110 standard, including the rationale behind its development and the innovative design of implementation guides to assist very small companies in adopting the standards, as well outlining a pilot project scheme for usage in early trials of this standard.

Software Development Process Standards for Very Small Companies

2018 ◽  
pp. 6927-6938
Author(s):  
Rory V. O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Small Organizations ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Project Scheme ◽  
Engineering Standards ◽  
Standards Adoption

For very small software development companies, the quality of their software products is a key to competitive advantage. However, the usage of Software Engineering standards is extremely low amongst such very small software companies. A primary reason cited by many such companies for this lack of quality standards adoption is the perception that they have been developed for large multi-national software companies and not with small and very small organizations in mind and are therefore not suitable for their specific needs. This chapter describes the design and development of the software process lifecycle standard for very small entities ISO/IEC 29110. This chapter presents a unique insight from the perspective of some of the standards authors on the development of the ISO/IEC 29110 standard, including the rationale behind its development and the innovative design of implementation guides to assist very small companies in adopting the standards, as well outlining a pilot project scheme for usage in early trials of this standard.

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