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Experiences with Software Architecture Analysis of Usability

Experiences with Software Architecture Analysis of Usability

Eelke Folmer, Jan Bosch
Copyright: © 2008 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 29
ISSN: 1554-1045|EISSN: 1554-1053|ISSN: 1554-1045|EISBN13: 9781615203475|EISSN: 1554-1053|DOI: 10.4018/jitwe.2008100101
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Folmer, Eelke, and Jan Bosch. "Experiences with Software Architecture Analysis of Usability." IJITWE vol.3, no.4 2008: pp.1-29. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitwe.2008100101

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Folmer, E. & Bosch, J. (2008). Experiences with Software Architecture Analysis of Usability. International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE), 3(4), 1-29. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitwe.2008100101

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Folmer, Eelke, and Jan Bosch. "Experiences with Software Architecture Analysis of Usability," International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE) 3, no.4: 1-29. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitwe.2008100101

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Abstract

Software engineers and human computer interaction engineers have come to the understanding that usability is not something that can be “added” to a software product during late stage, since to a certain extent it is determined and restricted by architecture design. Cost effectively developing a usable system must include developing an architecture, which supports usability. Because software engineers in industry lacked support for the early evaluation of usability, we defined a generalized four-step method for software architecture level usability analysis called SALUTA. In this article, we report on a number of experiences and problems we observed when performing architecture analysis of usability at three industrial case studies performed in the domain of Web-based enterprise systems. Suggestions or solutions are provided for solving or avoiding these problems so organizations facing similar problems may learn from our experiences.

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