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From usability tasks to usable user interfaces

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TAMODIA '05: Proceedings of the 4th international workshop on Task models and diagrams

Pages 103 - 110

https://doi.org/10.1145/1122935.1122956

Published: 26 September 2005 Publication History

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In this paper we describe how the identification of usability tasks in the task model as an early consideration of usability in the process can directly influence the design of usable User Interfaces (UI). We intend to make system analysts and UI designers work and communicate better by sharing artifacts, thus providing a process that aims at the integration of professionals working with a productive process in order to develop UIs with usability.

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Index Terms

From usability tasks to usable user interfaces
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Interface design prototyping
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
      1. Software development methods
        Rapid application development

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TAMODIA '05: Proceedings of the 4th international workshop on Task models and diagrams

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DOI:10.1145/1122935

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Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland

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