A Case for Human-Driven Software Development

Emilie Balland (1) , Charles Consel (1, 2) , Bernard N'Kaoua (1, 3) , Hélène Sauzeon (1, 4)

1 Phoenix - Programming Language Technology For Communication Services
2 ENSEIRB - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electronique, Informatique et Radiocommunications de Bordeaux
3 EA 4136 - Handicap & Système Nerveux - Equipe CHIC
4 EA 4136 - Handicap & Système Nerveux

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) plays a critical role in software systems, especially when targeting vulnerable individuals (e.g., assistive technologies). However, there exists a gap between well-tooled software development methodologies and HCI techniques, which are generally isolated from the development toolchain and require specific expertise. In this paper, we propose a human-driven software development methodology making User Interface (UI) a full-fledged dimension of software design. To make this methodology useful in practice, a UI design language and a user modeling language are integrated into a tool suite that guides the stakeholders during the development process, while ensuring the conformance between the UI design and its implementation.

Domaines: Informatique et langage [cs.CL]

Emilie Balland, Charles Consel, Bernard N'Kaoua, Hélène Sauzeon. A Case for Human-Driven Software Development. ICSE'13: Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Software Engineering (NIER track), May 2013, San Francisco, United States. ⟨hal-00814296⟩