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Model-based software development is carried out as a well-defined process. Depending on the applied approach, different phases can be distinguished, for example, requirements specification, design, prototyping, implementation, and usability evaluation. During this iterative process, manifold artifacts are developed and modified, including models, source code, and usability evaluation data. CASE tools support the development stages well, but lack a seamless integration of usability evaluation methods. We aim at bridging the gap between development and usability, through enabling the cooperative use of artifacts with the particular tools. As a result of integration usability, experts save time to prepare an evaluation and evaluation results can be easily incorporated back into the development process. We show exemplary our work on enhancing the Eclipse framework to support usability evaluation for task model-based software development.
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The work of the first author was supported by a grant of the German National Research Foundation (DFG), Graduate School 1424.
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Propp, S., Buchholz, G., Forbrig, P. (2009). Integrating Usability Methods into Model-Based Software Development. In: Lopez Jaquero, V., Montero Simarro, F., Molina Masso, J., Vanderdonckt, J. (eds) Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces VI. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-206-1_12
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