Critical Issues in User Interface Systems Engineering

ISBN-13: 9783540199649 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 294 str.

David Benyon; Philippe Palanque

Opis

This work discusses the issues arising from the emerging discipline of User Interface Systems Engineering (UISE). It should be appropriate for a range of specialist courses on user interface development, particularly software engineering courses on user interface design, among others.

Spis treści

I: Domain Modelling.- 1 Domains Models for User Interface Design.- 2 Domain Specific Design of User Interfaces - Case Handling and Data Entry Problems.- 3 A Method for Task-Related Information Analysis.- II: Model-based User Interface design.- 4 Task Models - System Models: a Formal Bridge over the Gap.- 5 ETAG-based Design: User Interface Design as User Mental Model Design.- 6 A Methodology for a Task-driven Modelling of Interactive Systems Architectures.- 7 Key Activities for a Development Methodology of Interactive Applications.- III: Methodologies and Communication throughout the Life Cycle.- 8 Design of Workplace-Integrating User Interfaces based on Work Scenario Graphs.- 9 Methods & Tools for Supporting the User Interface Design Process.- 10 User Centred Complex System Design: Combining Strategy, Methods and Front End Technology.- IV: Architectures for User Interface Software.- 11 Agent-Based Architecture Modelling for Interactive Systems.- 12 Towards A Flexible Software Architecture of Interactive Systems.- V: Critical Issues for the Future of User Interface Systems Engineering.- 13 Literate Development: Weaving Human Context into Design Specifications.- 14 Metaphors in User Interface Development: Methods and Requirements for Effective Support.- References.