DocumentCode
2706345
Title
Ergonomic software and software engineers
Author
Oberquelle, H.
Author_Institution
Fachbereich Inf., Hamburg Univ., West Germany
fYear
1990
fDate
8-10 May 1990
Firstpage
226
Lastpage
235
Abstract
Starting from the observation that truly ergonomic software is still rare, the author tries to make conscious some important but widely unconsidered reasons for this situation. The notion of user-friendliness, implicitly applied perspectives on system design and use, the conception of informatics as a science, models of humans as well as power relations between software engineers and users are identified and discussed as factors influencing the work of software engineers. Several steps to improve the situation by rethinking the software designer´s own assumptions and values as well as by orienting teaching and research towards user support for work situations are proposed
Keywords
ergonomics; software engineering; system design; user-friendliness; Design engineering; Education; Ergonomics; Humans; Informatics; Marketing and sales; Power engineering and energy; Power system modeling; Software quality; User interfaces;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
CompEuro '90. Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Software Engineering
Conference_Location
Tel-Aviv
Print_ISBN
0-8186-2041-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CMPEUR.1990.113629
Filename
113629
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