2 research outputs found
Requirements engineering related usability techniques adopted in agile development processes
Over the last decade there has been a growing
interest in the integration of agile software development process
(ASDP) and user-centred design (UCD). However, there are no
papers that study which usability techniques related to
requirements engineering are being adopted in the ASDP, and
there are no formalized proposals for their adoption. Objective:
Identify which techniques related to requirements engineering
activities are being adopted in the ASDP and determine how they
are being adopted. Method: We have conducted a systematic
mapping study (SMS) to retrieve the literature reporting the
application of usability techniques in the ASDP. We analysed
these techniques using a catalogue of techniques compiled by
software engineering researchers. We then determined the
manner in which the techniques that are being used in the ASDP
were adopted. Results: The agile community is very much
interested in adopting usability techniques. The most used
techniques are Personas, contextual inquiry and prototyping.
Conclusions: This research offers an overview of the adoption of
usability techniques related to requirements engineering in
ASDPs and reports how they are being adopted. We found that
some of the techniques are being adapted for adoption.This research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sports FLEXOR and “Realizando
Experimentos en la Industria del Software: Comprensión del
Paso de Laboratorio a la Realidad” projects (TIN2014-52129-R
and TIN2014-60490-P, respectively) and the eMadrid-CM
“Investigación y Desarrollo de Tecnologías Educativas en la
Comunidad de Madrid” project (S2013/ICE-2715
Integrating Usability into the Agile Development Process: A preliminary empirical study
Background: Interest in the integration of the agile software development process(ASDP) and user-centred design (UCD) has grown over the last decade. However, there are not many papers that study this issue holistically and uncover the current state of this integration. Aim: This study sets out to answer the following research question: What is the current state of integration between agile processes and usability? Method: We conduct a systematic mapping study (SMS). We analyze the articles and the results were cross checked by the authors, and any disagreements were discussed and resolved in meetings. Results: We retrieved a total of 161 Primary Studies. There are very few papers that study the literature holistically and report the current state of usability in the ASDP. Conclusions: We categorized according to four criteria: process, practice, team and technology integration. The largest group refers to process integration with a total of 76 Primary Studies