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Research Interests:
Software
process descriptions, Software process metamodels, Usability evaluation
Research Title:
Evaluating the Usability of Software
Process Descriptions
Abstract:
Usability is an
important quality attribute to be considered during the design and
development of software process descriptions. To date, the demand for usable
software process descriptions is high but in practice, process descriptions
suffer from usability problems. As a result, process descriptions are
difficult to understand and enact by process performers. In this research, we
proposes a usability evaluation framework that permits important usability
issues to be addressed proactively during the design and development of
process descriptions instead of during process enactment. We argue that our
usability evaluation framework provides the groundwork to create an
engineering discipline for software process description design and development
- to make it a manageable process rather than an ad-hoc one. We plan to use
surveys, controlled experiments and expert judgment techniques to validate
and modify our evaluation framework. The aim of this research is to support
software process engineers in providing process descriptions usability
evidence through a set of measurable factors incorporated in our evaluation
framework.
Supervisors:
Assoc. Prof. David Carrington
Prof. Paul Strooper
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