The role of user interface professionals in large software projects

Author

Sankar, Chetan S. ; Hawkins, Walter H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Manage., Auburn Univ., AL, USA

Volume

34

Issue

2

fYear

1991

fDate

6/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

94

Lastpage

100

Abstract

It is noted that user interface professionals contribute to a project by making sure that the design of both the input and output of any system takes users´ needs into consideration. These professionals perform varied tasks. They analyze the job tasks of users, design and administer questionnaires, conduct user studies, make user interface design recommendations, design prototypes, perform statistical analysis, and interpret the results. In some projects, they are assisted in these tasks by software tools that generate interface code which can be reused by programmers, thus saving significant development time and enhancing the quality of the product. It is recommended that project managers assign user interface professionals to work on large projects throughout their life cycle

Keywords

human factors; software engineering; user interfaces; interface design; software tools; statistical analysis; user interface; Communications technology; Computer interfaces; Computer science education; Concrete; Job design; Performance analysis; Programming; Project management; Software; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0361-1434

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/47.87618

Filename

87618