This paper is about the development of systems whose end users are professional people working in a specific domain (e.g. medicine, geology, mechanical engineering); they are expert in that domain, but not necessarily expert in nor even conversant with computer science. In several work organizations end users need to tailor their software systems to better adapt them to their requirements, and even to create or modify software artifacts. These are End-User Development (EUD) activities, and are the focus of this paper. A model of the interaction between users and systems, which also takes into account their reciprocal co-evolution during system usage, is discussed. This model is used to define a methodology aimed at designing software environments that allow end users to become designers of their own tools. The methodology is illustrated by discussing two experimental cases.
Visual Interactive Systems for End-User Development: a Model-based Design Methodology
FOGLI, Daniela;
2007-01-01
Abstract
This paper is about the development of systems whose end users are professional people working in a specific domain (e.g. medicine, geology, mechanical engineering); they are expert in that domain, but not necessarily expert in nor even conversant with computer science. In several work organizations end users need to tailor their software systems to better adapt them to their requirements, and even to create or modify software artifacts. These are End-User Development (EUD) activities, and are the focus of this paper. A model of the interaction between users and systems, which also takes into account their reciprocal co-evolution during system usage, is discussed. This model is used to define a methodology aimed at designing software environments that allow end users to become designers of their own tools. The methodology is illustrated by discussing two experimental cases.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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