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The usage of usability techniques in scrum projects

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Yuan Jia,

Marta Kristin Larusdottir,

Åsa CajanderAuthors Info & Claims

HCSE'12: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering

Pages 331 - 341

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34347-6_25

Published: 29 October 2012 Publication History

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Over the past decades, usability techniques have been introduced into software development practices. At the same time many software development teams have started to use the agile development process --- Scrum --- to plan and organize their software projects. The focus of this study is to explore how usability techniques are integrated during software development in Scrum projects. The most commonly used usability technique in Scrum projects is workshops, followed by lo-fi prototyping, interviews and meetings with users, all used by more than half of the participants. The technique that is most frequently used is lo-fi prototyping used by more than half of the participants two to four times a month. All these usability techniques are informal, meaning that these techniques can be used quickly without much preparation. Formal usability evaluation with users is a highly ranked technique by the participants but not commonly used by them.

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HCSE'12: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering

October 2012

367 pages

ISBN:9783642343469

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Marco Winckler
IRIT, Université Paul Sabatier, France
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Peter Forbrig
Computer Science Department, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 21, Rostock, Germany
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Regina Bernhaupt
ICS-IRIT, University Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse Cedex 9, France

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