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User model and system model: the yin and yang in user-centered software development

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Oliver Creighton,

Naoufel Boulila,

Ruth DemmelAuthors Info & Claims

Onward! 2013: Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international symposium on New ideas, new paradigms, and reflections on programming & software

Pages 91 - 100

https://doi.org/10.1145/2509578.2514737

Published: 29 October 2013 Publication History

Abstract

Software systems can be viewed from both external and internal perspectives. They are called user model and system model respectively in the human-computer interaction community. In this paper, we employ the yin-yang principle as an analytical tool for reviewing the relationship between the user model and the system model. In the traditional system-centered approach, the engineer is more concerned with the system model and does not pay much attention to the user model. However, as the user-centered approach has gained increasing acceptance in a number of projects, we claim that the user model and system model are the yin and yang in user-centered software development and, following the yin-yang principle, call for equal emphasis on both models. Particularly, we propose using video-based scenarios as the representation of user models and reveal the benefits of the use of video in software development. As a case study, we describe how we have employed scenario videos in a project course and share best practices that we have identified for the creation of demo scenario videos.

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Index Terms

User model and system model: the yin and yang in user-centered software development
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Requirements analysis

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Nagel LShi JBusch M(2021)Viewing Vision Videos Online: Opportunities for Distributed Stakeholders2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)10.1109/REW53955.2021.00054(306-312)Online publication date: Sep-2021
https://doi.org/10.1109/REW53955.2021.00054
Krusche SDzvonyar DXu HBruegge B(2018)Software Theater—Teaching Demo-Oriented PrototypingACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/314545418:2(1-30)Online publication date: 11-Jul-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3145454
Xu HKrusche SBruegge BDi Nitto EHarman MHeymans P(2015)Using software theater for the demonstration of innovative ubiquitous applicationsProceedings of the 2015 10th Joint Meeting on Foundations of Software Engineering10.1145/2786805.2803207(894-897)Online publication date: 30-Aug-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2786805.2803207

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