TY - GEN
T1 - An experimental usability evaluation framework for model-driven tools
AU - Panach, Jose Ignacio
AU - Condori-Fernández, Nelly
AU - Baars, Arthur
AU - Vos, Tanja
AU - Romeu, Ignacio
AU - Pastor, Óscar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2011 Actas del XII Congreso Internacional de Interaccion Persona-Ordenador, INTERACCION 2011. All rights reserved.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - According to the Model-Driven Development (MDD) paradigm, analysts can substantially improve the software dev elopment process concentrating their efforts on a conceptual model. This conceptual model can be transformed into code b y means of tr ansformation rules applied by a model compiler. MDD tools are v ery useful to draw conceptu al models and to automate the code generation. Even though this would bring many benefits, wide adoption of MDD tools is not yet a reality. Various research activities are being undertaken to find wh y and to provide the required solutions. However, insufficient research has been done on a key factor for the acceptance of MDD tools: usability. With the help of end-us ers, this paper presents a framework to evaluate the usability of MDD tools. The framework will be used as a basis for a family of experiments to get clear insights into the barriers to usability that prevent MDD tools from being widely adopted in industry.
AB - According to the Model-Driven Development (MDD) paradigm, analysts can substantially improve the software dev elopment process concentrating their efforts on a conceptual model. This conceptual model can be transformed into code b y means of tr ansformation rules applied by a model compiler. MDD tools are v ery useful to draw conceptu al models and to automate the code generation. Even though this would bring many benefits, wide adoption of MDD tools is not yet a reality. Various research activities are being undertaken to find wh y and to provide the required solutions. However, insufficient research has been done on a key factor for the acceptance of MDD tools: usability. With the help of end-us ers, this paper presents a framework to evaluate the usability of MDD tools. The framework will be used as a basis for a family of experiments to get clear insights into the barriers to usability that prevent MDD tools from being widely adopted in industry.
KW - Evaluation framework
KW - Model-driven development
KW - Usability
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M3 - Conference Article in proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:84882453438
T3 - Actas del Congreso Internacional de Interaccion Persona-Ordenador, INTERACCION
SP - 67
EP - 76
BT - Actas del XII Congreso Internacional de Interaccion Persona-Ordenador, INTERACCION 2011
A2 - Vitoria, Nestor Garay
A2 - Gonzalez, Julio Abascal
PB - Ibergarceta Publicaciones S.L.
T2 - XII Congreso Internacional de Interacción Persona-Ordenador, Interacción 2011 - 12th International Congress on Human-Computer Interaction, Interacción 2011
Y2 - 2 September 2011 through 5 September 2011
ER -