In our Age of exponential technological advance, recent developments are determining an evolution of end users from passive information consumers into information producers. Users are increasingly willing and, indeed, determined to shape the software they use to tailor it to their own needs. Based on a brief review of research activities we performed in the last decade, this paper analyzes some challenges that software designers face to comply with the new roles of end users in the software life cycle, and discusses how to provide end users with software environments that empower them to become co-designers of their own tools and products. The examples reported in the paper show why and how end users are involved in design activities in various application domains.
End users as co-designers of their own tools and products / Ardito, Carmelo Antonio; Buono, Paolo; Costabile, Maria; Lanzilotti, Rosa; Piccinno, Antonio. - In: JOURNAL OF VISUAL LANGUAGES AND COMPUTING. - ISSN 1045-926X. - 23:2(2012), pp. 78-90. [10.1016/j.jvlc.2011.11.005]
End users as co-designers of their own tools and products
Ardito, Carmelo Antonio;
2012-01-01
Abstract
In our Age of exponential technological advance, recent developments are determining an evolution of end users from passive information consumers into information producers. Users are increasingly willing and, indeed, determined to shape the software they use to tailor it to their own needs. Based on a brief review of research activities we performed in the last decade, this paper analyzes some challenges that software designers face to comply with the new roles of end users in the software life cycle, and discusses how to provide end users with software environments that empower them to become co-designers of their own tools and products. The examples reported in the paper show why and how end users are involved in design activities in various application domains.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
