Bridging the Gap between Model and Design of User Interfaces

Abstract

The creation of user interfaces usually involves various people in different roles and several tools that are designed to support each specific role. In this paper we propose a tool for rapid prototyping that allows all parties involved to directly interact with the system under development. The tool is based on task tree development and integrates the system designer, the user interface designer, the usability expert, and the user interface developer in a common process. The final system is derived from two sources, the task model specified by the system architect and the final user interface specified by the user interface developer and designer. Aggregating the runtime system and the design tools into one complete integrated system is our approach to bridge the gap between the user interface designer working on system mock-ups and the actual developers implementing the system.

@INPROCEEDINGS{Feuerstack2006,
  author = {Sebastian Feuerstack and Marco Blumendorf and Sahin Albayrak},
  title = {Bridging the Gap between Model and Design of User Interfaces},
  booktitle = {Proccedings of Informatik 2006 Conference, Dresden, Germany},
  year = {2006},
  month = {October},
  publisher = {Springer},
  abstract = {The creation of user interfaces usually involves various people in
	
	different roles and several tools that are designed to support each
	specific role. In
	
	this paper we propose a tool for rapid prototyping that allows all
	parties involved
	
	to directly interact with the system under development. The tool is
	based on task
	
	tree development and integrates the system designer, the user interface
	designer,
	
	the usability expert, and the user interface developer in a common
	process. The
	
	final system is derived from two sources, the task model specified
	by the system
	
	architect and the final user interface specified by the user interface
	developer and
	
	designer. Aggregating the runtime system and the design tools into
	one complete
	
	integrated system is our approach to bridge the gap between the user
	interface
	
	designer working on system mock-ups and the actual developers implementing
	the
	
	system.}
}
Authors:
Sebastian Feuerstack, Marco Blumendorf, Sahin Albayrak
Category:
Conference Paper
Year:
2006
Location:
Workshop Modellbasierte Entwicklung von Interaktionsanwendungen, Informatik 2006, Dresden, 1.-6.10.2006