Open AccessProfessional usability in open source projects
Author(s) -
Calum Benson,
Matthias Müller-Prove,
Jiri Mzourek
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
citeseer x (the pennsylvania state university)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISBN - 1-58113-703-6
DOI - 10.1145/985921.985991
Subject(s) - usability , usability engineering , open source , usable , computer science , pluralistic walkthrough , task (project management) , web usability , agile usability engineering , knowledge management , world wide web , software engineering , human–computer interaction , engineering , systems engineering , software development , software , software development process , programming language
Working as a usability professional in the open source arena is a challenging task. The decentralized and engineering-driven approach of open source projects can be at odds with corporate processes and usability engineering methodologies. Nonetheless, there is great potential for large corporations to contribute to open source projects. Providing usability know-how that leads to usable and useful products is a win-win situation for developers, the corporations, and -- most importantly -- the users.
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