Usage-Centered Design and Software Engineering: Models for Integration

This paper argues for a model-driven framework for integrating human interface engineering with software engineering. The usage-centered design process, a robust and proven process grounded in software engineering, is briefly described and contrasted with traditional user-centered approaches. The connections between the core models of usage-centered design and their software engineering counterparts are outlined, and the advantages of this approach to bridging the gap are discussed.

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