A pilot empirical study of applying a usability technique in an open source software project
Entidad
UAM. Departamento de Ingeniería InformáticaEditor
ElsevierFecha de edición
2019-02-01Cita
10.1016/j.infsof.2018.09.007
Information and Software Technology 106 (2019): 122 – 125
ISSN
0950-5849 (print)DOI
10.1016/j.infsof.2018.09.007Financiado por
This research was funded by the SENESCYT , Quevedo State Tech- nical University, TIN2014-52129-R and TIN2014-60490-P projects and the e-Madrid project (S2013/ICE-2715)Proyecto
Gobierno de España. TIN2014-52129-R; Gobierno de España. TIN2014-60490-P; Comunidad de Madrid. S2013/ICE-2715/EMADRIDVersión del editor
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2018.09.007Materias
Open Source Software; Usability Techniques; Visual Brainstorming; InformáticaDerechos
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
Esta obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional.
Resumen
Context: The growth in the number of non-technical open source software (OSS) application users and the escalating use of these applications have redoubled the need for, and interest in, developing usable OSS. OSS communities are unclear about which techniques to use in each development process activity. Objective: The aim of our research is to adapt a usability technique (visual brainstorming) to an OSS project and evaluate the feasibility of its application. Method: We used the case study research method to investigate technique application and participation in a project. To do this, we participated as volunteers in the HistoryCal project. Results: We identified adverse conditions that were an obstacle to technique application (like it was not easy to recruit OSS users to participate) and modified the technique to make it applicable. Conclusion: We conclude that these changes were helpful for applying the technique using web artifacts like blogs
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Google Scholar:Llerena, Lucrecia
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Castro, John W.
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Acuña Castillo, Silvia Teresita
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