We present an ontological extension for the situated function-behaviour-structure framework to explicitly integrate the notion of user needs into the model and take it as an able platform for mapping core elements of user-centered software design to the framework. This allows us to reason about user-centered design as a conceptual and reflective conversation on interrelated design representations in a social and dynamic context. Our model points out the requirement for computational design support to assist designers in sensing design information in context, and provides a basis for understanding informational demands of design teams in user-centered software engineering projects.
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Uflacker, M., Zeier, A. (2008). Extending the Situated Function-Behaviour-Structure Framework for User-Centered Software Design. In: Gero, J.S., Goel, A.K. (eds) Design Computing and Cognition '08. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8728-8_13
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