A pilot empirical study of applying a usability technique in an open source software project

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 acti...

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Autores: Llerena, Lucrecia, Castro, John W., Acuña Castillo, Silvia Teresita
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2018.09.007
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Open Source Software
Usability Techniques
Visual Brainstorming
Informática
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spelling A pilot empirical study of applying a usability technique in an open source software projectLlerena, LucreciaCastro, John W.Acuña Castillo, Silvia TeresitaOpen Source SoftwareUsability TechniquesVisual BrainstormingInformáticaContext: 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 blogsThis 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)ElsevierDepartamento de Ingeniería InformáticaEscuela Politécnica Superior20192019-02-01research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/694913https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2018.09.007reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/6949132026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A pilot empirical study of applying a usability technique in an open source software project
title A pilot empirical study of applying a usability technique in an open source software project
spellingShingle A pilot empirical study of applying a usability technique in an open source software project
Llerena, Lucrecia
Open Source Software
Usability Techniques
Visual Brainstorming
Informática
title_short A pilot empirical study of applying a usability technique in an open source software project
title_full A pilot empirical study of applying a usability technique in an open source software project
title_fullStr A pilot empirical study of applying a usability technique in an open source software project
title_full_unstemmed A pilot empirical study of applying a usability technique in an open source software project
title_sort A pilot empirical study of applying a usability technique in an open source software project
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Llerena, Lucrecia
Castro, John W.
Acuña Castillo, Silvia Teresita
author Llerena, Lucrecia
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Castro, John W.
Acuña Castillo, Silvia Teresita
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Acuña Castillo, Silvia Teresita
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Ingeniería Informática
Escuela Politécnica Superior
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Open Source Software
Usability Techniques
Visual Brainstorming
Informática
topic Open Source Software
Usability Techniques
Visual Brainstorming
Informática
description 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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