• DocumentCode
    1042644
  • Title

    Usability and User-Centered Design in Scientific Software Development

  • Author

    Macaulay, Catriona ; Sloan, David ; Jiang, Xinyi ; Forbes, Paula ; Loynton, Scott ; Swedlow, Jason R. ; Gregor, Peter

  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    96
  • Lastpage
    102
  • Abstract
    Scientific software development projects that integrate usability and user- centered design methods can have an impact that goes beyond a limited set of users.
  • Keywords
    bioinformatics; cellular biophysics; user centred design; user interfaces; cellular biophysics; image-data-management software; scientific discovery; scientific software development; usability model; user-centered design; Collaborative software; Microscopy; Open source software; Programming; Project management; Software design; Software maintenance; Software tools; Usability; User centered design; design methodologies; user interfaces; user-centered design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2009.27
  • Filename
    4721192