A Framework for Usability Evaluation of Modeling Languages (FUEML)

This chapter includes the development of an evaluation framework focusing on the usability assessment of graphical modeling languages. Concerning this, the present status quo in research is analyzed and presented. Furthermore, an adequate definition of usability and related attributes is analyzed. Based on this, qualified metrics and measurement methods are developed for measuring the different attributes of usability in the domain of graphical modeling languages. This evaluation framework acts as a basis for the usability surveys conducted in the further course of this thesis [Schalles et al., 2010b].