Practitioner Tools and Workstyles for User-Interface Design

Author

Campos, Pedro ; Nunes, Nuno Jardim

Author_Institution

Madeira Univ., Funchal

Volume

24

Issue

1

fYear

2007

Firstpage

73

Lastpage

80

Abstract

Many studies have analyzed general software development practices and how organizations can better support them. However, literature that qualitatively studies user-interface-related work practices in software development is relatively rare. Supporting workstyle transitions in UI practices is nonetheless important. A survey of 370 practitioners about their workstyles and tool use offers concrete examples of design tools that support the most important workstyle transitions. The survey also resulted in recommendations for making design tools more human-centric and appealing to practitioners interested in the UI aspects of software development

Keywords

software tools; user interfaces; design tools; interaction design; software development; software engineering; user-interface design; workstyle transitions; Collaborative software; Design engineering; Design methodology; Internet; Postal services; Programming; Software design; Software quality; Software tools; Usability; design tools; interaction design; software engineering; usability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MS.2007.24

Filename

4052556