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Modelling Age of End-Users Using Wire-Frames

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Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering (ENASE 2021)

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The range of technology users is continuously increasing from adults to children as well as seniors. This introduces new age-related requirements and considerations. Modelling frameworks are used to assist the software development independently of the platform and the coding technology. However, very limited research has been done on age-related issues within the modelling and design frameworks. In this paper, we investigate how human-centric aspects regarding age can be better modelled by extending wire-frames. We collected both developers and end-users feedback through questionnaires and introduced an extension of wire-frames to cater for decisions regarding age within the modelling framework. We then conducted a usability testing by using the extended age-modelling wire-frame approach to design a news app. This shows that when using our extended wire-frames, developers can cater for different user types and their accessibility needs easily. We finally conducted cognitive walk-throughs with three personas, representing children, adults and seniors to evaluate the prototype app. The results proved the usability of the app for all age groups.

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Support for this work from ARC Laureate Program FL190100035 is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Hourieh Khalajzadeh, Tanjila Kanij & John Grundy

  2. Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Aria YukFan Jim, Hyun Shim, Jue Wang, Lionel Richie Wijaya & Rongbin Xu

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Khalajzadeh, H. et al. (2022). Modelling Age of End-Users Using Wire-Frames. In: Ali, R., Kaindl, H., Maciaszek, L.A. (eds) Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering. ENASE 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1556. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96648-5_3

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