Human-Centered Software Engineering: Software Engineering Models, Patterns and Architectures for HCI - Human-Computer Interaction Series 2009 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: From the reviews: "This book is comprised of four sections and 17 chapters. The physical structure of the book is quite pleasing . The editors have clearly thought about their chapter organization. This publication is a testament to the importance of the convergence of software engineering and HCI. this is a call to practitioners to take a larger role in creating better solutions, through a more whole brain approach to a refined and sophisticated development model." (Brian D. Goodman, ACM Computing Reviews, October, 2009) Table of Contents: Human-Centered Software Engineering: Software Engineering Architectures, Patterns and Models for Human Computer Interaction - Ahmed Seffah, Jean Vanderdonckt and Micel C Desmarais Part 1: User Experiences, Usability Requirements and Design What Drives Software Development: Bridging the Gap between Software and Usability Engineering - Nuno J Nunes Human Activity Modeling: Toward a Pragmatic Integration of Activity Theory and Usage-Centered Design - Larry L Constantine A User-Centered Framework for Deriving a Conceptual Design from User Experiences: Leveraging Personas and Patterns to Create Usable Designs - Homa Javahery, Alexander Deichman, Ahmed Seffah and Mohamed Taleb XML-based Tools for Creating, Mapping and Transforming Usability Engineering Requirements - Fei Huang, Jon Titus, Allan Wolinski, Kevin Schneider and Jim A Carter Part 2: Modeling and Model-Driven Engineering Multi-Path Transformational Development of User Interfaces with Graph Transformations - Quentin Limbourg and Jean Vanderdonckt Human-Centered Engineering with UIML - James Helms, Robbie Schaefer, Kris Luyten, Jo Vermeulen, Marc Abrams, Adrien Coyette and Jean Vanderdonckt Megamodeling and Metamodel-Driven Engineering for Plastic User Interfaces: Mega-UI - Jean-Sebastien Sottet, Gaelle Calvary and Jean-Marie Favre Cause and Effect in User Interface Development - Ebba Thora Hvannberg Part 3: Interactive Systems Architectures From User Interface Usability to the Overall Usability of Interactive Systems: Adding Usability in System Architecture - Mohamed Taleb, Ahmed Seffah and Daniel Engleberg Towards a Refined Paradigm for Architecting Usable Systems - Tamer Rafla, Michel C Desmarais and Pierre N Robillard Trace-based Usability Evaluation Using Aspect-oriented Programming and Agent-based Software Architecture -Jean-Claude Tarby, Houcine Ezzedine and Christophe Kolski Achieving Usability of Adaptable Software: The AMF-based Approach - Franck Tarpin-Bernard, Kinan Samaan and Bertrand David Part 4: Reengineering, Reverse Engineering and Refactoring The GAINS Design Process - Martha J Lindeman Legacy Systems Interaction Reengineering - Modammad El-Ramly, Eleni Stroulia and Hani Samir Reverse Engineering for Usability Evaluation - Atif M Memon Task Models and System Models as a Bridge - David Navarre, Philippe Palanque and Marco Winckler"Review Quotes: From the reviews: "This book is comprised of four sections and 17 chapters. The physical structure of the book is quite pleasing . The editors have clearly thought about their chapter organization. This publication is a testament to the importance of the convergence of software engineering and HCI. this is a call to practitioners to take a larger role in creating better solutions, through a more whole brain approach to a refined and sophisticated development model." (Brian D. Goodman, ACM Computing Reviews, October, 2009)"Jacket Description/Back: The fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Software Engineering (SE) have evolved almost independently from each other until the last two decades, when it became obvious that an integrated perspective would benefit the development of interactive software applications as considered in both disciplines. The chapters in this book are written by prominent researchers and practitioners who bring to light the major issues and challenges posed by this integration, and offer a variety of solutions in order to address the integration of HCI and SE, including: Extensions of software development methodologies to accomodate for the specific constraints of usage-centered design. Introduction of innovative, structured, and model-driven user interface engineering approaches. Addressing software architecture issues in the design of user interfaces. Reingineering of existing systems for better usability."Publisher Marketing: This book aims at establishing a meaningful dialogue between the human-computer interaction community and software engineering practitioners and researchers on the results (both good and bad), obstacles, and lessons learned associated with applying software development practices in the field of user interface.

Contributor Bio:  Seffah, Ahmed Ahmed Seffah is a professor in the department of Computer Science at Concordia University. He is director of the Human-Centered Software Engineering Group and the co-founder of the Concordia Software Usability and Empirical Studies Lab. He holds a PhD in software engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France). His research interest are at the crossroads between software engineering and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), including usability measurement, user interface design, empirical studies on developer experiences with CASE tools, human-centered software engineering, and patterns as a vehicle for integrating HCI knowledge in software engineering practices. Dr. Seffah is the vice-chair of the IFIP working group on user-centered design methodologies. During the last 10 years, he has been involved in different projects in North America and Europe. Homa Javahery is a researcher and project manager with the Human-Centered Software Engineering Group, including the Usability and Empirical Studies Lab, in the department of Computer Science at Concordia University. She holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Concordia University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University. She is combining different design approaches from human sconces and engineering disciplines to develop a pattern-oriented framework for designing a large variety of interfaces. She has been involved in different collaborative projects at the INRIA Research Institute in Nancy, France and the Daimler-Chrysler Research Institute in Ulm, Germany.